Almost 80 years before they bought a house on the side in the all white neighborhood they didnt do that in defense of any grand principle but they simply wanted a home in a safe neighborhood, a home to be proud of that they could raise their baby daughter. But a simple decision did raise the grant principal because they would confront the power of segregation. By then to embrace jimcrow but at that moment the summer of 1925 segregation was spreading north as well as putting American Cities along the color line keeping these neighborhoods separate but not equal creating the nation get no. So much has happened in the intervening decades. The system of apartheid has been toppled of the greatest accomplishment of democracy in the 20th century no longer separate drinking fountains your waiting rooms were sitting at the back of the bus but 80 years the system of segregation as confronted is still largely in place. Not just in detroit but almost all of urban america and including this extraor
A colossal wreck a road trip through political scandal, corruption and American Culture and you will hear about alexanders fondness for road trips, his enduring quest not really to get through political scandal and corruption but to reveal it and his real love affair with American Culture which comes through strongly in the pages of this book. A little background just so you know, the book is coming at out now. You just heard he died a year ago. He was working on this book pretty much until the day that he died and it was pieced together partly thanks to the process that he and jeffrey developed at counterpunch for every year the the end of year y would publish to greatest hits column of their pieces of the preceding 12 months and this enabled alexander to keep a good track on his favorite parts of his own as they say in england. And the book was then put together with extraordinary help from daisy, from jeffrey and from andrew in between feeding his animals which were brought into the
Clash picks out a few key imprints.
The traumas of 2020 have made life exceptionally difficult for musicians.
Songwriters, artists, producers, and DJs have all had their incomes slashed, with some struggling to stay afloat amid these treacherous waters.
Yet alongside this has come a surge in energy from the DIY underground, with a host of micro-labels pushing back against the negativity.
Nick Roseblade counts down a few micro-labels who made a difference.
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Austerity Records
Austerity Records have had a great year releasing EPs from Winter Gardens, Hanya, RADIDAS and Daisy Coburn. Each one of these acts is a name to set up a Google Alert for over the next 12 months.