Books and Entertainment

  • The revolutionary writings of Trotsky, Luxemburg and Lenin are a perfect fit for today's struggles against the 1 percent. February 9, 2012

  • Hesham Alofoq of Arabian Knightz talks about the history of hip-hop in Egypt, the future of the uprising and the role of music. February 9, 2012

  • Union and Occupy activists dared to be heard on a day when everyone told them to just shut up and watch the game. February 8, 2012

  • Don Cornelius, the creator of Soul Train, died this month, after providing a TV stage to decades of Black musicians. February 7, 2012

  • Because the Republicans rammed through a "right-to-work" law in Indiana, protest will be part of the Super Bowl scenery. February 2, 2012

  • Journalist Paul Mason's new book reports from the front lines of rebellions that took place around the world last year. February 2, 2012

  • Ani DiFranco discusses her new album, the evolution of her music and her belief in music as a force for social change. January 31, 2012

  • Margaret Thatcher used racism and nationalism to push through the British capitalist class's agenda. Iron Lady doesn't show that. January 30, 2012

  • Suzanne Collins' wildly popular trilogy of novels The Hunger Games is young adult fiction for the 99 percent. January 26, 2012

  • How could Penn State's Joe Paterno, known far and wide as a man of moral integrity, have been content with silence? January 24, 2012

  • Lupe Fiasco's Friend of the People: I Fight Evil is an example of the right mixtape coming out at the right time. January 5, 2012

  • For more than 25 years, I've tuned in to the bowl games to cap each college football season--but not this year. January 3, 2012

  • Hopefully, a new generation of Brazilians will pick up--on the field and off--from where the soccer great left off. December 15, 2011

  • This has been a year of revolt and revolution, and musicians and music are reflecting the electrifying times. December 14, 2011

  • The Occupy movement demonstrates how the struggles of ordinary people can shape musicians and their music. December 7, 2011

  • Another college sports program that dominates the economy of a region--and another horrifying child abuse scandal. December 5, 2011

  • With the league coming off a year of record revenues, the players should be getting more--and instead, they took historic cuts. November 30, 2011

  • The "struggle" on Lowkey's album Soundtrack to the Struggle is just as much personal as that of the world at large. November 23, 2011

  • The media claim NBA players are out of touch with economic reality, but they have more in common with the 99 percent. November 21, 2011

  • A new book brings together accounts of student activists taking part in rebellions against austerity around the world. November 17, 2011

  • Student demonstrations at Penn State and UC Berkeley on November 9 spiraled into violence--but the circumstances couldn't be more different. November 15, 2011

  • Allegations of a cover-up of child sexual abuse at Penn State show what's wrong with a sports culture centered on money. November 8, 2011

  • In speeches at Occupy encampments across the country, Dr. John Carlos has drawn a direct line from 1968 to today. October 27, 2011

  • A new book shows there's more to international football than big business--there's also resistance to corporatization. October 27, 2011

  • In his L-Vis Lives! Racemusic Poems, Kevin Coval creates an amalgamation of Elvis, Vanilla Ice, Eminem and more. October 17, 2011