Black Circle Records: Reflections on the consequences of conflict in light of the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza Black Circle Records have released a compilation of underground noise/electronic…
Haden, Charlie, 1937-2014 A short obituary of the seminal jazz bassist and anti-war activist Charlie Haden, who died last week.
Werqin’ 9 to 5: cursory notes on antiwork politics from Dolly Parton to Shangela Laquifa - Spitzenprodukte Spitzenprodukte considers autonomist anti-work politics through the lenses of songs…
Pussy Riot convicted: Britain rails against “disproportionate” sentence - hypocritically The UK also has no qualms over disproportionate sentencing or criminal sanctions…
Should Rihanna loot small businesses, or chain stores? Blog discussing the ethics of Rihanna's looting choices, from a communist perspective.
The Politics Of French Rap This is a small section of a far longer text about music, called "Some Musical Notes" which was originally published on the old endangered…
The Poverty of French Rock ‘n’ Roll by Larry Portis This is chapter 6 of Larry Portis' book French Frenzies. Larry Portis died a week ago near Ales in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of the South…
Working on a decaying dream - Kollectiv The Kollectiv look at Bruce Springsteen in the context of class disintegration and place him firmly in the decadent tradition of Balzac and…
Music and the IWW: the creation of a working class counterculture - RudolfTB This article discusses how the early IWW used music both as an organising tool and as a means of…