Projects tagged
Revolution
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Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism
Read more: Songs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and ActivismSongs of the Revolution: A Bahrain Website Mixes Music and Activism You might want to start brushing up on your Iranian rap. Or Palestinian trance. Jordanian Punk will be important too. And don’t forget Bahraini R&B. This is the music…
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Syria’s Creative Resistance
Read more: Syria’s Creative ResistanceBashar al-Assad snores, his head twitching on a large white pillow. Suddenly, he wakes up. “The people want to overthrow me!” he screams, the pompom on his nightcap bouncing. A military officer approaches, pats him on the head and whispers gently,…
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Alternative News Agency: revolution’s visual narratives revisited
Read more: Alternative News Agency: revolution’s visual narratives revisitedfrom ahramonlineby Sara Elkamel An indelible link has materialised between artistic expression and revolution. Maybe it is the features they share: freedom, deviance and fluidity, which bring them so close together. In any case, Egypt’s January 25 Revolution undeniably led…
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Czechoslovakia’s two-hour general strike
Read more: Czechoslovakia’s two-hour general strikeA general strike can be one of the most potent noncooperation methods in the repertoire of nonviolent resistance. It is a widespread cessation of labor in an effort to bring all economic activity to a total standstill. Although it is…