![From refugee child to political artist: what makes M.I.A. so controversial? MIA](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mia-351x185.jpg)
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![From refugee child to political artist: what makes M.I.A. so controversial? MIA](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/mia-351x185.jpg)
![RIP Rachid Taha: “To be called a political artist is no insult, but there’s not many of us left” Rachid Taha](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/rachid-taha-351x185.jpg)
By David Wilson
RIP Rachid Taha: “To be called a political artist is no insult, but there’s not many of us left”
![How Victor Jara wrote his last song, Chile Stadium, in the midst of torture and mass slaughter Victor Jara - Chile Stadium](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/victor-jara-chile-stadium-351x185.jpg)
How Victor Jara wrote his last song, Chile Stadium, in the midst of torture and mass slaughter
![Bruce Springsteen’s tribute to Victor Jara, killed by the CIA-directed coup in Chile Bruce Springsteen and Victor Jara](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/springsteen-victor-jara-351x185.jpg)
Bruce Springsteen’s tribute to Victor Jara, killed by the CIA-directed coup in Chile
![The Battle of Stockton (when our grandfathers said no to the fascists). By the Young’Uns Oswald Mosley](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/oswald-mosley-351x185.jpg)
The Battle of Stockton (when our grandfathers said no to the fascists). By the Young’Uns
![Powerful, problematic, motives unclear: difficulty in defining Donald Glover’s ‘This is America’ Donald Glover - This is America](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/donald-glover-this-is-america-351x185.jpg)
Powerful, problematic, motives unclear: difficulty in defining Donald Glover’s ‘This is America’
![The fight against Trump: how Paul Robeson’s songs and deeds light the way](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/paul-robeson-351x185.jpg)
By Jeff Sparrow
The fight against Trump: how Paul Robeson’s songs and deeds light the way
“The artist must take sides,” said Robeson. “He must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice.”
![Will Radiohead and Nick Cave sing out for the brave, young caged birds in Israeli jails?](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ahed-tamimi-351x185.jpg)
By Frank Barat
Will Radiohead and Nick Cave sing out for the brave, young caged birds in Israeli jails?
![RIP Hugh Masekela: his music will continue to inspire those who have never surrendered](https://prruk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hugh-masekela-351x185.jpg)