The Morrison government has launched a political attack on the arts and artists can no longer afford to be apolitical.
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A selection of this week's politically-relevant entertainment news...
Rapper LL Cool J explains his song 'Accidental Racist' with country music singer Brad Paisley. http://youtu.be/GG676KRXH9A + Full Song Lyrics http://tinyurl.com/c6hwtnw
2013 Cannes Film Festival Fake Gunman Sentenced to 18 Months in Jail for Firing Blanks http://eonli.ne/10QNl5U
Domestic abuser and singer Chris Brown Accused of Assaulting Woman in Nightclub. http://eonli.ne/1cgkNT9
A selection of this week's politically-relevant entertainment news...
Gurrumul, Archie Roach & Thelma Plum Set For New Byron Bay Indigenous Festival http://bit.ly/13RnHMD
Chief Keef Arrested Again Outside Court By Police Armed With AK-47s http://bit.ly/ZZ2Ndz
Win double passes to Manic Street Preachers Australian shows, and a huge back catalogue pack. Closes June 26. http://bit.ly/14fhWap
Tim Lambesis' Austrian Death Machine Album To Go Ahead Despite Murder-For-Hire Trial http://bit.ly/14zJSrD
A selection of the past fortnight's politically-relevant entertainment news... Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise and More Celebs Attend Walmart's Shareholder Meeting in Arkansas http://eonli.ne/1a21O0j Jewish Poet Kevin Coval says recent events in Palestine make it impossible to talk about anything else. http://bit.ly/12gyTEd Bollywood Actress Suicide: Indian Police Arrest Boyfriend in Jiah Khan's Death http://eonli.ne/1bs1ENC
A selection of this week's politically-relevant entertainment news...
Jailed Pussy Riot Member Maria Alyokhina Hospitalised After Hunger Strike http://bit.ly/19kvC8a
Domestic abuser Chris Brown Potentially Facing 4 Years Jail Following Fender Bender http://bit.ly/150DfOa
New Report To US Congress Suggests IP Thieves Be Legally Targeted By Malware http://bit.ly/10B14bA
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Allow Music To Be Used In New $6 Million SA Tourism Campaign http://bit.ly/1139vfP
A selection of this week's politically-relevant entertainment news...
Why *did* it cost Angelina Jolie $3000 to test for BRCA1 in the first place? Because the gene is owned by a private company http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/53688
18-Year-Old Aspiring Rapper Facing Terrorism Charges After Posting Lyrics On Facebook http://bit.ly/10kJ31e
Dark Mofo Festival's Mass Skinny Dip Deemed Obscene By Police http://bit.ly/18aEmfu
A selection of this week's politically-relevant entertainment news... US singer Steve Earle says coal seam gas is not 'natural gas'. http://bit.ly/10X3RdX Rekindle The Spirit - Ken Loach’s newest film documents the greatest cultural shift in British working class... http://tmblr.co/Z0MsOtk4xVyx Rapper Seth Sentry Saves Paralympian Fan From Angry Mob http://bit.ly/18JUWUE Community Radio "May Be Forced To Shut Down” After Being Ignored In Federal Budget http://bit.ly/18JS7TA
A selection of this week's politically-relevant entertainment news...
Snoop Lion Defaces Defenceless Barack Obama With New Snoopify App http://bit.ly/12ff9gy
Unmanned Drones To Deliver Delicious Beverage Relief To Punters At Music Festival http://bit.ly/12fcLGz
As I Lay Dying Singer Arrested Under Suspicion Of Hiring Hitman To Kill Wife http://bit.ly/10ocsaz
Rapper Lauryn Hill Sentenced To 3 Months Jail For Unpaid Taxes http://bit.ly/13eJQEY
Singer Charli XCX Says Sexism Makes Collaborations Tough http://bit.ly/18qGIrC
A selection of this week's politically-relevant celebrity news...
Rebel Diaz Arts Collective finds new home http://bit.ly/11ztAet
Cuban video game recreates revolutionary history http://gu.com/p/3enpq/tw
Pussy Riot member denied early release from prison: http://gu.com/p/3fedq/tf
Hear the new Neon Neon concept album about Italian publisher and leftwing activist Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. http://gu.com/p/3fak2/tw
Rapper Danny Brown Gets Oral Sex On Stage, Continues Rapping http://bit.ly/ZUUbEF
A selection of this week's celebrity news...
Talib Kweli: Rapper says of Boston bombing, 'violence begets violence'. http://bit.ly/11fowMJ
Lauryn Hill To Record New Music To Pay Tax Bill? http://bit.ly/15Ip82z
Yoko Ono To Unveil Not-For-Profit John Lennon Educational Tour Bus http://bit.ly/ZD71Hz
Flavor Flav Court Hearing Postponed For Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction http://bit.ly/15zP5lh
Rolf Harris Named As Man Arrested In British Sex Abuse Case http://bit.ly/ZvYl5M
A selection of this week's celebrity news...
Fall Out Boy To Donate Ticket Sales To Boston Bombing Victims http://bit.ly/13cfSQj
Angela Betzien talks about her play on how communities are hit by mining http://bit.ly/ZoW4cp
Musicians Send Their Love To Boston In Wake Of Marathon Bombing http://bit.ly/Yr22Gv
BBC Refuses To Play 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' In Countdown http://bit.ly/115BCdN
Justin Bieber Hopes Anne Frank Would Have Been A "Belieber" http://bit.ly/10VUoFu
Work Like Chavez
Rebel Diaz and Agent Of Change
Released March 9, 2013
www.rebeldiaz.bandcamp.com
For revolutionary rappers Rebel Diaz, the death of Hugo Chavez on March 5 came as a double blow.
The Venezuelan leader had helped the Chilean hip-hop duo set up their community arts and resistance centre in New York's South Bronx after he visited the area eight years ago.
Fearless
Milk Crate Theatre
Carriageworks, Sydney
September 13-22
$35, $25
www.milkcratetheatre.com
Milk Crate Theatre director Mirra Todd says his main goal is to get people thinking and talking about homelessness.
“All theatre is about starting a conversation,” the wiry, animated Todd tells Green Left at Milk Crate’s rehearsal rooms in Sydney’s Kings Cross.
How does political censorship work in liberal societies? When my film, Year Zero: the Silent Death of Cambodia, was banned in the United States in 1980, the broadcaster PBS cut all contact. Negotiations were ended abruptly; phone calls were not returned.
Something had happened. But what?
Year Zero had already alerted much of the world to the horrors of Pol Pot, but it also investigated the critical role of the Nixon administration in the tyrant’s rise to power and the devastation of Cambodia.
