Art School Strikers Are Turning the Tide on Apathy
Striking art school workers are building new networks of solidarity, defying historically low trade union engagement and a professional self-image that is widely exploited by university bosses.
Tag: arts
Report: Opera de Paris en Grève: The Ballet Company Striking Back Against Macron’s Pension Reforms
With strikes against sweeping pension reforms now passing the six-week mark, French arts workers are engaged in a struggle not only to secure their own futures, but the future of the country's cultural sector. Nic Murray reports.
Trash Cultures
Ash Sarkar and James Butler are joined on #NovaraFM by Bridget Minamore and Joseph Guthrie to discuss "low" culture, "high" theory, memory and resistance.
3 Reasons the Campaign to #SaveFabric is Political
Having had its licence revoked, the iconic nightclub Fabric has started crowdfunding its legal challenge. Many have been hasty to point to council cuts or gentrification to explain the closure, but there's a wider political context at play.
Knowledge is Power: Lessons from Dystopian Fiction
32 years since George Orwell’s predictions of the future failed to come to pass, and our world seems to be getting more dystopian every day - but of all society's dystopian elements, which should worry us most?
Tears of Oil: The Case of Ashraf Fayadh, Condemned to Death in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday to widespread condemnation. Meanwhile Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh is currently fighting a death sentence for apostasy, supported by artist groups rallying against tyranny.
