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What does music say, from the 1950´s until today how can we connect popular music to the class struggle – and why is this important? Outa-space talks music journalist Toby Manning about his new book which draws upon a Marxist perspective to tackle the question. Also, up in the space station we have new guest Tracy Edwards trade union activist and music lover adding her insight.

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In the episode Rob MacDonald  explores the present crises of humanity and asks what is the role of participation art has solving them.

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Projects spoken about in the podcast episode

www.SolidarityPark.com

Periphery Is the Centre’

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In this episode we are joined by Neurodiversity movement author and activist David Gary-Hammond and up in the space station making commentary we have mental health worker Sam Gleaden.  Check out David´s Social media and his Podcast https://emergentdivergence.com/ https://www.facebook.com/emergentdivergence https://open.spotify.com/show/1IR6K6JyLCgcSDIumijzIr?si=x4Uhr1SdRKaMz7-1m6V29A

This episodes image created by David Sean (@vasco_om_g) • Instagram photos and videos This is a longer eposode with lots to say so bring a drink and a snack. SIgn up to outa-space mailing list http://eepurl.com/iM_NX6 Donate to Podcast https://www.patreon.com/RobMacDonald or Paypal paypal.me/RobMacstone Website  - https://outa-space.com Email - [email protected]

In this episode we interview political scientist Vladimir Bortun about who the far right actual are today in Europe, who do they really represent and how did the space open up for the growth of their ideology. We are joined again for thoughtful commentary in the space station by Glyn Mathews.

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Vlad´s latest book - Crisis, Austerity and Transnational Party Cooperation in Southern Europe: The Radical Left's Lost Decade | SpringerLink

Some of Vlad´s recent writing on the far right -

Answering common misconceptions about fascism: “The Nazis were actually socialists”

and

material turn in populism studies (ecpr.eu)

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In this week's episode we have Raquel Montero Calero (artist), Paul Murphy (Irish TD) and Glynn Mathews (in the space station).

Raquel Montero Calero, a Spanish born Artist living in Ireland talking about her creative project “Corseted Art (when creativity bursts)” a  journey of discovery about the  International brigades in Ireland and how these story’s impacted her understanding of conflict of the Spanish civil war and its relevance today.

Paul Murphy TD member of the Irish Parliament gives us an important update and analysis on growth of far right in Ireland.

Glynn Mathews with the space station commentary which inevitably focuses on the George Galloway Election results and what this means for left and right.

Raquel 0-32 mins, Paul 32-59 mins, Glynn 59-130 mins.

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More Information and links

Raquel Montero multi-disciplined artist - https://www.instagram.com/visceralartstudio?igsh=Y2hlMmkzbHkzb2h2

Performance play  - Corseted Art (when creativity bursts)

Ramor theatre, Virginia, Co. Cavan, 8 pm, 12 Oct 2024

We have two songs for this episode from Raquel. The first is  from Odhran who is a Irish music producer that works with Raquel. This song "golden Era" speaks about artists and their power.  The second song is "La romántica" by Juan José Manzano and is part of the play created by Raquel. 

Goldern Era  - Odd Numbers https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MH85PuheF1VluJN5wSIZG?si=7ktRIPzBTaSEgynTYsk95w

"La romántica" by Juan José Manzano https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MH85PuheF1VluJN5wSIZG?si=2j7uVNcVQoqZnzCJi0JKug

The artwork for this episode was created by Raquel and is part of a collection of made during covid lockdown. The work is inspired by the  interior of a broken TV and how overwhelming the digital era is and how much needed is to keep the creative aspect alive, nurtured and active.

Paul Murphy TD  More information https://www.letusrise.ie/

This episode is personal and self indulgent. It's about why this podcast has been off the air for 2 years and why it's coming back, what's it's mission, how it's different but the same?!

I talk about Art(of course), the need to fight the far right today, whats wrong with the left and some personal crises and I start to ask a question about my own humanity type and why I think we all need to listen to oursleves and tell the truth as best we can

The rest of the series won't be like this episode. This one is more personal but if your nosey person you might love it. I just needed to do it so dont care if you like it. Feel free to jump it and wait for next shows when I have got some great artists and activists lined up and will be again working with a wonderful team.

All the art and production is by me (Rob MacDonald) and is expained in the podcast. 

Click - The Music in this episode is  Hyper-Movement by Parallax

You can read about this song and the meaning of the lyrics in the description of the youtube link. 

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We interviewed Bruno Coffineau, a choir leader, composer and musician from France about the choir Le Cri du Choeur. We spoke about the power of common song and the message of internationalism and social change it creates.

https://chorale.lecriduchoeur.org

We spoke to Annie Levin, a Political-cultural  journalist and a coordinator for the Sing in Solidarity choir from New York who performed for the Solidarity Park online festival 2021. We spoke about the evolution of song, the growth of DSA  and the power of singing in building the movement.

Links to some of Annie articles

Annie Levin (annierlevin.com)

Sing in Solidarity 

Youtube - Sing in Solidarity - YouTube

Facebook (3) Sing in Solidarity | Facebook

We talked to artist Ben Gallup about how he harnesses his free spirit in his art, how that works with his inspiration for social change and why he works with the Solidarity Park project

Ben Gallup – Inside Out (beboldebewyse.com)

We spoke to Calum Baird from Scotland on his art as a singer song writer and then go into some detail on the struggle of artists and the realities of the art economy, concluding on the inspiration of the international brigades and what this memory means today.

www.calumbaird.com