Music is stagnating, are neoliberalism and the gig economy to blame? Progress in music is slowing down, a look at how neoliberalism and developments in music production…
Music education makes for a poor commodity The privatization of music education has turned it into a commodity, and with students becoming increasingly addicted to instant stimulation and…
Lessons in leftism: Pete Seeger and the black power movement The rise of “black power” led Pete Seeger to realize he had become a towering figure in a movement…
Ghosts of my life: writings on depression, hauntology and lost futures This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed 'Capitalist Realism', argues…
Pops in the Classroom JUDITH TUDOR HART is grateful for the co-operation of the headmaster of Gosford Hill Secondary School, Kidlington, Oxon. She is 18, lives with her husband at Oxford and hopes to start on a university course herself next year.
Red and black on both sides: interview with radical hip-hop duo QELD Interview with Bristol radical hip-hop duo, QELD, discussing their new album, the European militant…
The little red song book PDF version of the "little red songbook": songs to fan the flames of discontent, first published by the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the…
Reflections on "Straight Outta Compton" I just saw Straight Outta Compton near my home, in a tiny theater that dates back to the silent era (1913) and which has miraculously survived…
A Movement of Long Knives: Death in June, Alternative Nationalism, and Building a New Anti-Fa In the wake of recent protests around the neo-folk(and neo-fascist) band Death In…