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• When The Two Sevens Clash

  16 November 2013, by Nico Melanine

  The UK and especially London were places of great musical activity and creativity in the 70s. At the end of the decade two genres seemingly wide apart, Reggae and Punk, came together. What came out of it was not only musically innovative but also tackled some important social and political (...)

• There Will Be Mixed Blood: TV On the Radio, Werewolves Like Us

  4 November 2013, by Grégory Pierrot

  Blood is a strong marker in American politics, and TV On the Radio tap into this vein in their lyrics and videos. Blood in TVOTR is systematically connected to notions of political engagement, community and love in reflections on the intersection of race, love, entertainment and politics. So (...)

• Strike in the French West Indies

  21 February 2009, by @Alfred, Alfred

  It happens so rarely that it might just be a dream: the West Indies are on the front pages of all major French newspapers, several days in a row? What the hell is happening? It is a revolt. No; a revolution. Looking beyond usual official bullshit about strikes and riots and the like, one can (...)

• The British working class is no more racist than the talking suit on your television

  6 February 2009, by Nico Melanine

  A minimal investigation can establish that the wildcat strike begun at the Lindsey refinery in Great Britain is based on legitimate demands. Rather than tackling real problems, and out of class reflex, the media and politicians have chosen to systematically accuse the strikers of being racist. (...)

• Transnationalism in translation: the engaged intellectual’s melancholia

  12 February 2008, by Melanine Choir

  Second part of our interview with Vron Ware and Paul Gilroy, in which we discuss cultural studies and the difficulty of exporting them, the role of engaged intellectuals in our world, and ways to reconcile feminism, antiracism and a critique of capitalism in the 21st century.