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    • 2016's politics in 59 albums (or just 1 song, if you prefer)

      Here's a look back at the insane politics of 2016, summed up in 59 revealing albums. If you want just this month's albums, skip to album 50. If you'd prefer the year's politics summed up in just one song, skip to album 59. What albums would you suggest? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook. Videos not playing? Try a bigger screen.

    • Ten of 2016’s best political albums

    • Hey, New Statesman, here are 10 new political albums

    • Julius Caesar: the Donald Trump of his time?

    • When Australia interned Jewish refugees

    • Five responses by Latin American musicians to the US elections

    • Neil Young celebrates birthday by performing at Standing Rock

    • Henry Reynolds’ unpicks Australia’s obsession with glorifying unnecessary wars

    • The troubled life of a socialist poet Aileen Palmer

    • Where have all the political musicians gone? Try these 10 albums

    • Venezuela’s communes form the front line of a difficult revolutionary struggle

    • Anti-apartheid rugby protests showed how sport and politics are inseparable

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