Hip-Hop For Who?
Hip-hop music originated in 1970’s block parties in New York, especially in poorer areas like The Bronx. This genre and culture was born from a sense of community and sharing, people lucky enough to...
View ArticleIdeas, culture and media under capitalism
The scandal involving News International’s phone-hacking and corrupt deals with world governments was not the exposure of a ‘rogue operator’. Instead it merely exposed, in dramatic style, the...
View ArticleIron Lady review: tragedy through rose-tinted glasses
The Iron Lady is a film which shows the life of Margaret Thatcher, told through flashbacks from an old and mentally ill Thatcher. The film places its focus on the personal, rather than the political:...
View ArticleMake Bradford British: one step forward, two steps back
With its provocative (and xenophobic) title and Big-Brother-meets-Wife-Swap format, Make Bradford British was destined to be trash TV. But there were some interesting twists and turns along the way....
View ArticleLowkey lays down the mic
REVOLUTION wishes to express its sadness at the decision by Lowkey, the UK-based rapper and political activist to take a hiatus from music. Lowkey has fought against the imperialist wars in Iraq and...
View ArticleConscious music gives voice to the voiceless
Matt and Sam from Manchester look at the rise of politically conscious music fuelled by mass resistance to cuts, war and capitalism. Dealing with issues such as war, poverty, alienation, racism,...
View ArticleOlympics security uses civilians as human shields
Air defence missle systems, fighter jets, armoured cars and an aircraft carrier sailing up the Thames… you could be forgiven for thinking East London had turned into a film set when the government...
View ArticleWhose Olympics?
On the 27th July, the much-hyped London 2012 Olympics will finally be upon us. As well as providing a means for every financial parasite, corporate tax-dodger and government cutter to distract our...
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