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Oct 9, 2026
Article

Pentagon To Live Stream Firing Squad Execution — A Poem

A prose poem reacting to Pentagon plans to live-stream a firing squad execution, weaving that spectacle together with ecological grief and the commodification of death in America.

Oct 9, 2026
Article

Venezuela Proposes Implementation of National Orchestra in DR Congo

Venezuela's ambassador to the DR Congo proposes exporting El Sistema, the publicly funded youth orchestra programme, to Congolese youth reintegration centres, with Congolese government support.

Oct 4, 2026
Video

Sinners with Jackie Walker

Jackie Walker

Jackie Walker joins the Anti-Imperialist Film Club to dissect Ryan Coogler's film Sinners through an anti-imperialist lens, discussing race, class, and the politics of Black cultural production.

Oct 1, 2026
Article

Rehearsal for an Afternoon in the Future: Augusto Boal in a Caracas Commune

Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert

A world-premiere staging of Augusto Boal's play in Caracas's El Panal commune shows residents electing spokespeople and rehearsing collective power, linking Bolivarian self-government to Latin American unity.

Sep 30, 2026
Article

Saying You Listen To AI Music Is Like Saying You Have An AI Girlfriend

Generative AI can only mimic the sounds and appearances of art, not create the human connection that makes music and art meaningful, so treating AI output as a substitute for real creative work mistakes imitation for the thing itself.

Sep 29, 2026
Video

Qatr al-Nada: Palestinians' Preservation of Memory in One Act

Ali Mazloum

A one-woman theatre performance in Beirut by Palestinian artist Raida weaves family memories of women into a shared story of occupied Palestine, exile and the preservation of culture.

🧵 DigestSep 28, 2026
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Podcast

Ringo Madlingozi: 30 Years of Music, Life Lessons and Nation Building

Ringo Madlingozi: 30 Years of Music, Life Lessons and Nation Building

Ringo MadlingoziRingo Madlingozi

Ringo Madlingozi reflects on three decades since his 1996 debut album, tracing his Cape Flats upbringing, loss, survival, love and African unity through a changing South African music industry.

South African musician Ringo Madlingozi reflects on three decades since his debut album, tracing his sound from the Cape Flats to fame, and on loss, healing and African unity.

Sep 25, 2026
Podcast

Training for Socialists and more w/ Denzel Caldwell

Denzel Caldwell

Denzel Caldwell discusses Black armed self-defense traditions, firearms training, and popular education, arguing that community defense and martial skill are essential to anti-oppression struggle.

🧵 DigestSep 23, 2026
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Article

Silvio Rodriguez Shapes 6 Decades of Cuban Revolutionary Songs

Ed Sheeran Backlash Marks Palestine's South Africa Moment

Silvana SolanoAli Abunimah

Silvio Rodríguez's six-decade career as a Nueva Trova founder, literacy volunteer and internationalist is traced through songs like Ojalá and El Necio, Angola solidarity missions and support for non-commercial music.

Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour after pro-Palestine statements sparks artist withdrawals and global criticism, drawing parallels to the 1980s anti-apartheid cultural boycott.

Sep 23, 2026
Video

How Can You Defend Those People?! Empathy in an Era of Mass Dehumanization

Sara Bennett

A conversation with photojournalist Sara Bennett about her long-term project documenting women serving life sentences in New York State prisons, and how empathy can counter mass dehumanization.

Sep 22, 2026
Video

Ansar Village Massacre: Lamenting Martyred Poet Zainab Nasreddine & Family

Ali Mazloum

A report from Beirut on the Israeli strike on Ansar village in southern Lebanon that killed poet Zainab Nasser al-Din, her husband and four children, as her brother recounts the family's loss.

Sep 22, 2026
Video

Loomered: Max Blumenthal's stand-up clapback in Chicago

Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal's stand-up set in Chicago skewers Laura Loomer, Israel-first propagandists and the Trump administration while defending his reporting from Iran and solidarity with Palestine.

Sep 21, 2026
Article

Robert Kraft: The Billionaire Friend of Netanyahu Pulling the Strings Behind the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran Blow Up

Alan MacLeod

Billionaire Robert Kraft pressured Ed Sheeran to drop Macklemore from his tour over pro-Palestine statements, exposing how pro-Israel donors use money to silence dissent in US politics and culture.

🧵 DigestSep 18, 2026
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Ed Sheeran backlash: Artists defy Zionist billionaire censorship, with Ali Abunimah

Ed Sheeran backlash marks Palestine's South Africa moment

Ali AbunimahAli Abunimah

Artists rally behind Macklemore after a campaign by pro-Israel billionaire Robert Kraft to silence him backfires, sparking wider solidarity with Palestine amid the Gaza genocide.

Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour after pro-Palestine statements sparks a cultural backlash, with artists withdrawing and comparisons drawn to the 1980s anti-apartheid boycott movement.

Sep 18, 2026
Article

Deconstructing the "Anti-Capitalist" Façade of CORTIS' "MONEYMONEYMONEY"

Park Jee-hoon

A historical materialist reading of CORTIS' track "MONEYMONEYMONEY" argues its anti-capitalist framing collapses into a hypnotic money mantra, exposing the culture industry's inherent contradictions.

Sep 18, 2026
Video

Voices from the Camp: Children Filmmakers Tell Their Stories

Ali Mazloum

Children from Shatila refugee camp in Beirut learn filmmaking, photography and storytelling to document their lives and the Palestinian right of return, presenting their films at a Beirut theatre award ceremony.

Sep 17, 2026
Article

Rapper Macklemore Dropped from Ed Sheeran's Tour for Supporting Palestine, Following Orders from Pro-Israel Businessman

Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran's North American tour after pro-Israel businessman Robert Kraft pressured stadium owners over his onstage "Free Palestine" statements and Gaza genocide imagery.

Sep 17, 2026
Video

Macklemore, Ed Sheeran & the Palestine 'Tidal Wave' | w/ Alana Hadid

Alana Hadid

Irish Palestinian activist Alana Hadid argues that artists like Macklemore facing backlash for pro-Palestine speech, and Ed Sheeran's stance, signal a major cultural shift in US public opinion on Gaza.

Sep 16, 2026
Article

Debunking The Claim That Macklemore Has A "History Of Antisemitism"

Israel apologists and the ADL claim rapper Macklemore has a history of antisemitism, but the only evidence is a 2014 costume nose and his pro-Palestine activism, showing bad-faith smears against Gaza critics.

Sep 15, 2026
Article

Socialism is built by hard work (part 5): Huang Wenxiu

The story of Huang Wenxiu, a young Zhuang Communist Party cadre who returned to rural Guangxi as First Secretary and died in a flash flood at 30 after lifting hundreds out of poverty, framed as proof that socialism is built through sacrifice and hard work.

Sep 10, 2026
Article

Silvio Rodríguez Delivers Moving Concert in Barcelona

Juan Miguel Lopez

Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez returned to Barcelona's Liceu a decade after his last Catalan concert, performing revolutionary classics as the audience shouted pro-Cuba slogans and he paid tribute to Palestine.

Sep 9, 2026
Video

Max Blumenthal discusses Iran war at Vermont's Bread & Puppet

Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal speaks at Vermont's Bread and Puppet theater about his reporting from Iran during the US-Israeli war and Israel's influence over the Trump administration, alongside anti-imperialist puppet theater.

Sep 8, 2026
Article

Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About "Antisemitism"

Caitlin Johnstone condemns the media and watchdog groups for framing Macklemore's pro-Palestinian concert remarks as antisemitic, arguing that such accusations are a cynical tool to defend Israeli atrocities and suppress criticism of Israel.

Sep 7, 2026
Video

Gharb Al-Andalus: Arabic & Islamic Civilization In Portugal's Algarve

Leif Maru

A guided tour of Portugal's Algarve reveals the region's rich Arabic and Islamic heritage, from the etymology of place names to the legacy of Muslim rule and its enduring cultural influence.

Sep 7, 2026
Video

Switzerland Fights Genocide—With Art in Zurich | Geri Müller

Geri Müller

The Palestine Arts Film Festival in Zurich, running September 10-16, 2026, uses art to protest the Israeli-Western genocide of Palestine's Indigenous population.

Sep 4, 2026
Video

The Wandering Earth | Ep 6 with Asa Winstanley

Asa Winstanley

Asa Winstanley and Ileana Chan dissect the Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth through an anti-imperialist lens, examining its themes and propaganda.

Sep 2, 2026
Video

Spiritually Depraved and Misery-Inducing Landscapes of North America w/ Joey Santore

Joey Santore

Joey Santore discusses conservationism, native plants, and building a closer relationship with the living world, critiquing modern American landscaping for its ecological and spiritual disconnection.

Aug 30, 2026
Article

FIDEL x 100: A Century in the Battle of Ideas and Emotions

Kael Abello and Tings Chak

Marking Fidel Castro's centenary, an exhibition of over 200 posters from 32 countries revives his ideas as tools for anti-imperialist struggle, linking Cuba's revolutionary cultural tradition to today's battles against blockade and ideological war.

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