Subversive Strumming: Fear and Loathing of the American Folk Music Revival
For the American political right of the post-war era, folk music more than rock ‘n’ roll was regarded as a national threat – but not because of the songs’ lyrics.
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The Alt-Right’s Roots Go Deep in Co-Opting Pop Music
As with the Nazis and Goebbels and the Ku Klux Klan, the alt-right’s desire to co-opt pop music for their purposes requires ideological and ethical gymnastics.
Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is a Provocative, Entertaining Mess
The new Spike Lee Joint is irreverent and challenging, but it fails to rival contemporary social powerhouses like Sorry to Bother You and Blindspotting.
‘Bring the War Home’ Digs into the Trenches of the White Power Movement in America
Historian Kathleen Belew painstakingly details the influence of the Vietnam wartime experience on the evolution of white power ideology.
Daryle Lamont Jenkins of Antifa Doc ‘Alt-Right: Age of Rage’ Isn’t Waiting for Approval
Jenkins, founder of One Peoples Project, tells PopMatters that contrary to the fear many Americans feel, it's actually life-affirming to talk about fascism and racism.
‘Blood at the Root’ and the Cultivation of Racial Hatred in America
The story of Georgia's all-white Forsyth County and how they made it that way.