"The Witch Is Dead" - sexist or not?
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Excerpts from a discussion among Solidarity readers about the using the phrase "The Witch Is Dead" about Thatcher's death.
Music
Save Lewisham Hospital benefit gig
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Date:
21 March, 2013 - 19:00 - 23:00
Location:
The Stretch, Goldsmiths College Students Union
Description:
Come and listen to some of the best in live music and spoken-word poetry - including from campaign supporters, south London residents, and Goldsmiths students - and help raise funds and awareness for the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign.
More details, including line-up and ticketing information, is on its way. For now – save the date!
Facebook event here.
Marxism and art
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This is the text of a speech given by hip-hop artist and spoken-word poet The Ruby Kid at a Workers' Liberty meeting at Goldsmiths University in November 20
The Establishment Blues
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Sixto Rodriguez is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter from Detroit.
Return for GYBE!
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After re-forming in 2010 for a series of live shows, Godspeed You Black Emperor! (GYBE!) returned to the recorded music scene after a decade of silence, slipping their latest album “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!” on to the merchandise table at a gig in Boston on 1 October.
Beats, Rhymes, & Picket Lines IV
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Date:
24 November, 2012 - 20:00 - 23:30
Location:
The Star of Kings, York Way, London, N1 0AX
Description:
Beats, Rhymes, & Picket Lines IV - musical and poetic dispatches from the frontlines of industrial unrest.
Saturday 24 November at The Star of Kings - York Way, N1 0AX, Kings Cross. Doors at 8pm. £5/£3 (waged/unwaged) on the door.
With words and other sounds from...
The Ruby Kid & Dan Angell - alt.rap, inc. material from new EP 'Strange, Lively, & Commonplace'. (http://www.therubykid.com/)
Hibaq Osman - spoken-word from the 2012 Roundhouse Poetry Slam Champion (http://hibaqandtheweb.wordpress.com/)
Skribbo - Franco-American hip-hop cooked in Glasgow from tHe bEiNg MCs stalwart (http://soundcloud.com/skribbo)
Sarah Weston - performance poetry from BlueDragonFly Productions member (http://bluedragonflyproductions.wordpress.com/)
AltTrack - trip-hop/punk from West Yorks beat combo (http://www.facebook.com/alttrack)
Hosted by The Ruby Kid. Brought to you by Workers' Liberty and Women's Fightback. More info at http://www.workersliberty.org and http://www.therubykid.com
Facebook event here.
Soweto Blues
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Miriam Makeba's song Soweto Blues, written by her ex-husband Hugh Masekela, is a lament for the victims of the 1976 Soweto uprising in South Africa.
New York City Cops
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On 19 July, Simon Harwood, the policeman who killed Ian Tomlinson, was found “not guilty”.
Marley as artist and activist
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Jade Baker looks at the life of Bob Marley and how it is portrayed in a new biopic of the musician, directed by Kevin MacDonald.
9-5ers Anthem
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While perhaps less accessible than some of hip-hop’s more obvious “protest songs” (Public Enemy’s ‘Fight The Power’ or KRS-One’s ‘Sound of da Police’, for example), this brooding, imagery-heavy piece from Aesop Rock’s seminal album ‘Labor Days’ finds the rapper in his most explicitly “political” register.