A bright blast of hope: revolutionary Russia The 2017 issue of Bad Art magazine is published in the centenary year of the Russian revolution. In 1917, society and culture burst out of the dark imperial prison maintained by the landlords ...
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Holger Burner is a socialist rapper, activist and member of Sozialistische Alternative (Socialist Alternative) in Hamburg, Germany. He started releasing his own music in 2006, and has so far released four solo albums and one album with the rapper Albino. ...
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A follow-up on our earlier report, ‘Idols on Strike’ Leo Nobel The musicians’ union in Sweden, Musikerförbundet, announced on 9 December it was cancelling its strike against FremantleMedia, which produces the popular TV programme ‘Idol’. This ...
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Read this article in English here/ Lesen diesen Artikel auf Englisch hier Musikerin Laura Comrats schreibt aus Österreich. Straßenmusik ist ein wichtiger Weg v.a. für junge MusikerInnen um vor Publikum Praxis zu sammeln. Es ist auch einer der Wege ...
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Lesen diesen Artikel auf Deutsch hier / Read this article in German here Musician Laura Comrats reports from Austria Busking is an important way that particularly young musicians can try out and develop their skills. It is one ...
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Aspiring artists in Sweden competing on the pop talent show ‘Idol’ are due to strike from 25 November 2016. Leo Nobel reports on their struggle. FremantleMedia, Idol’s production company, has refused to sign a collective agreement for competitors in the show’s ...
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Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German Marxist literary critic. Born into a wealthy Jewish family, he studied philosophy and worked as a critic and translator in Berlin in the 1920s. After Hitler came to power, Benjamin lived in Paris, where he continued to write essays ...
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Érica Alves, Brazil November 14th I was safe but I was there The day after In the airport the queues were long people were crying Riding through the highway the Stadium that’s where this is probably the safest place to ...
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Artists and culture workers often make huge personal sacrifices in the name of art. But, asks dancer Marisa Cabal, why should we accept appalling working conditions in the name of someone else’s profit, just because we are supposed to love ...
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Meena Kandasamy, India Tomorrow someone will arrest you. And will say the evidence is that there was some problematic book in your house. Tomorrow someone will arrest you. And your friends will see, on TV, the media calling you terrorist ...
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