The Coup’s new record Sorry to Bother You is a lyrical assault on the 1% and a much-needed shot in the arm of the 99%. “I got scars on my back and the truth on my tongue” sings Oakland’s smoothest socialist MC, Boots Riley, on t…
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Canadian Dimension Feed: Illustrative Action
Illustrate! Educate! Organize! Graphic novels are
fast becoming a popular and accessible tool of activism
in the 21st century. Indeed, a great number of
overtly political graphic works have been published
since 2000: Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography…
Canadian Dimension Feed: There’ll Be No Shelter Here! Part II of II
Batman: A Tale of Two Gothams “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: There’ll Be No Shelter Here! Part I of II
“There’ll be no shelter here! The frontline is everywhere!” screams Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de le Rocha in the single “No Shelter.” The song, featured on the 1998 Godzilla movie soundtrack, is a stinging critique of American cultural imperialism in general and the influence of popular media like
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