Art is political, whether it’s engaged with or not: Phil Garip on censorship of Pro-Palestine art
Neon artist Phil Garip had his artwork censored and excluded from an organization he is a part of, for using the phrase “from the river to the sea”
Artists across the globe stand in solidarity with Palestinian resistance
Over 100 artists sign on to a letter condemning Israel and “to stand in solidarity with those resisting occupation and fighting for their right to self-determination”
Hollywood workers are fighting to save creativity in entertainment
Top studios are determined to wait out the strike by starving out entertainment workers, while workers fight to be stewards of their own creative process
Hip hop and the conditions that gave rise to a cultural movement
Hip hop, the most popular cultural export of the United States, emerged out of the uniquely devastating conditions of deindustrialization and the criminalization of poverty
Workers shut down Hollywood
The entertainment industry in the US has come to standstill as both actors and writers strike against CEO greed
Hollywood actors are on the cusp of a strike
With less than 12 hours left before their contract expires, SAG-AFTRA workers appear poised to strike unless an agreement is reached before the end of the day
Over 11,000 TV and film writers on strike in the US
Worker compensation has not kept up with the streaming industry’s profits. Writers say big studios need to stop “pleading poverty”
Peace in Colombia should mean land reform and an end to hunger
Colombia’s ongoing national strike is part of a decades-long struggle against the political and economic elites to demand peace and dignity for all
Police arrest Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel
The Spanish national court served a notice to rapper Pablo Hasel in January asking him to surrender within ten days to face imprisonment. Hasel was convicted on charges of “glorifying terrorism, insulting the crown and state institutions” and faces a two-year prison term.
To reflect, to breathe, to hope and to stay human: Review of Hybrid War poster exhibition
The Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and International Week of Anti-Imperialist Struggle organized four poster exhibitions over the last year on different themes related to imperialism
Not only to stay alive, but to stay human: An interview with Pavel Égüez
Designer Tings Chak spoke at length with Ecuadorian artist Pavel Égüez about revolutionary art, the crisis of capitalism and his series ‘Cuarentena’ which seeks to address the human suffering provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic
Poster exhibition shows glimpses of dying capitalist system and flickers of a new world
Anti-imperialist organizations launch an online poster exhibition around the concept of capitalism
- Google employees lead sit-ins protesting company’s complicity in genocide
- Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine
- During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform
- German authorities’ crackdown on Palestine Conference sparks widespread outrage
- As elections approach, India’s farmers count government’s broken promises
