Writer-director Etienne Kallos was drawn to the story of a community in a “post-post-colonial” world
Political Artwork archive on Democracy Chronicles
These Political Artwork articles reflect the strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political as well as social dimensions, becoming themselves a focus of controversy and even a force of political as well as social change. Also see our main section on Political Art or our extensive articles on World Protest.
UC Davis Just Made a Video of My Poetry: Refugee/Refugiado
After a long time coming, Humanizing Deportation at UC Davis has just published a digital version of my poems in both spanish and english, with my own photography, to show the world what asylum seekers go through.
Why Artists Are Responsible For Moving Society Forward
Composer and artist Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes wants to make music that makes listeners live differently
VIDEO: Feminism and Censorship in Arab Comic Books
Lebanese comic book artist Zainab Fasiki recently gave a talk on the interplay of feminism with Arab world’s censorship
A political insider’s thriller novels predicted U.S. election interference
David Pepper began wrote a novel about a foreign country’s attempts to influence the outcome of an American election
Somaliland poet jailed for Somalia reunification poetry
A court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has sentenced a young poet to three years in jail
The Best of My Chinese Democracy Memes
Today I am proud to announce a new collection I have put together to highlight some of my favorite artistic creations that highlight my best Chinese democracy memes.
Russian poet convicted for 2015 poem about Ukraine
Russian poet Alexander Byvshev was convicted for his 2015 seven-verse poem On Ukraine’s Independence
New Netflix Brazilian corruption series exposes political divisions
A campaign to delete Netflix subscriptions has begun in Brazil, following the launch of the series called The Mechanism
How Pink Floyd influenced Costa Rica’s president-elect
Carlos Alvarado Quesada counts Ernest Hemingway and Pink Floyd among his guiding lights