A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
The children are always ours
“The empire never intended that this testimony should be heard, but, if I hold my peace, the very stones will cry out… neither the citizen-subject within the gates nor the indescribable hordes…
ANEW Artist’s Alliance Group Show
A Group show of the beautiful artwork of the ANEW Artist’s Alliance.
A Short Anti-Fascist Playlist
“To them, popular culture mattered, it was vibrant, and it was politically up for grabs.”
John Heartfield, photomontage as a political weapon
“He inscribed the slogan ‘use photography as a weapon,’ which underlines his faith in the impact of this new medium and its ability to denounce the perversities of the modern world: fascism,…
The Flickering Ghost: What Remains When the Projector Goes Dark?
“The greatest films, I have always believed, are empathy machines. They allow us to see the world through eyes that are not our own.” A beautiful love letter to cinema by Amir…
The Enduring Power of Minnie Evans
“By making and sharing such an extraordinary body of work, Evans determined that her world would not be lost.”
The Smoking Fish (El pez que fuma, 1977)
“Frequently claimed by critics as the best Venezuelan film ever made, El pez que fuma, (1977) was produced in the midst of the Oil Boom era and has since become a potent…
The Great Unknown and the Unknown Great: Rediscovering artist and political activist Chuzo Tamotsu
His art was “One small way to express my love for peace and hatred for war … is to do what I can for any victims of aggression, wherever they may be.”
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