December’s tracks of the month: Three class acts – Darkstar, Richard Hawley and Acid Arab
These artists do not set out with the conscious aim of looking at class. But through their art they have created works of beauty that demonstrate the complexity and changing nature of working class life
Paris – three days after…
John Mullen reports from France on the state of emergency, the left and more in the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris
Tracks of the month: Serge Gainsbourg – an unlikely revolutionary
You know there is a drought of good music when swathes of the music press tell you Marks to Prove It, by the Maccabees, is the album of the summer. So in the never-ending search for new and exciting music, I have spent the last month buying reissues and crate digging.
FRANCE election liveblog: unprecedented gains for fascist FN amid shift to the right
Welcome to our election liveblog. The fascist Front National party is seeking to take control of département councils in the second round run-offs in France’s local elections.
FRANCE antifascist election liveblog: FN’s vote is up but fascists fail to take first place
Welcome to our election liveblog. The fascist Front National party is seeking to make gains and take control of département councils in Frnce’s local elections – the first round of voting is today. Results are now starting to come in.
Some dangers with the ‘Je suis Charlie’ movement
Four million people marched across France yesterday in the wake of the attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket that left 17 people dead. The Unity march was, according to some, the biggest demonstration since the Liberation of Paris in August 1944.