POLAND: Fascist MPs sneak into parliament under banner of rock star’s party
A group of hardcore fascists won 10 seats in Poland’s parliament, hidden in the lists of Kukiz’15, a populist party headed by former rock star Pavel Kukiz, and have now set up a parliamentary group of their own.
Tracks of the month – The art of protest…
The first two albums I have reviewed this month look at America from completely different musical and political perspectives.
Slovakia: Nazis and far-right racists win a fifth of seats in parliament
Nazi and far-right ultra nationalist and racist parties have taken almost a fifth of the seats in Slovakia’s parliament after elections on Saturday 5 March.
US presidential elections – the street art wars
One of the most endearing images of the 2008 US presidential election was the poster of Obama with the word “hope”, “change” or “progress” below. They were created by the street artist Shepard Fairey. Over 300,000 posters were produced during the presidential campaign.
The forgotten workers’ resistance against the Nazis: Warsaw’s Jewish tailors
A hidden history of Jewish workers’ resistance in the factories of the Warsaw Ghetto should be celebrated today.
Your favourite tracks/albums of 2015
We asked our friends and readers to send us their five favourite tracks/albums of 2015. Some did just that, others included their favourite gigs, films, books…