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What are musicians to do now we have finally left the EU?
Musicians in Britain were overwhelmingly in favour of Remain – but can we turn our present moment into an opportunity to improve cultural representation across society, asks BEN LUNN
Capitalism has extracted itself from crisis before, argues PRABHAT PATNAIK – but through methods no longer available. So it is turning to authoritarianism, militarism and neocolonialism
The five young men killed in the A66 crash were responsible for a devastating tragedy — but the crash should force us to ask difficult questions about wider society, argues RENATA MEDEIROS MIRRA
Britain funds the policing of black culture 16 times better than the culture itself. The Diamond Jubilee is the moment to end that, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
AFTER years of fighting Brexit finally happened, and Britain looks set to completely lose access to what the EU has to offer at the end of the calendar year.
This of course has not come about through unanimous consensus of the British public, much like the margin of the initial vote; divided is a very light way of describing the political situation in Britain.
However, when it comes to the EU, one sector is an incredible 90 per cent in favour of the EU – that is the musicians.
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