Risks Arise Where Art and Activism Intersect—But Artists Won't Be Silenced
Persecution of artists only validates the power of artistic expression as a catalyst for change.
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Persecution of artists only validates the power of artistic expression as a catalyst for change.
The Workers’ Party of Turkey held protests across the country urging the Turkish government to immediately release newly-elected MP Can Atalay, who was jailed for his role in demonstrations in 2013.
Incumbent President Erdogan’s alliance secured a majority in the 600-seat parliament, which is now electing its head.
Kurdish convict says Ankara wants him back for political reasons
“The fight against authoritarianism must be invested with a social, class content. And this goes through the reconstruction of the “subjective factor”, of class consciousness, of the capacity for self-organization of the exploited, of women against patriarchal domination, of the unification of local and migrant workers, Turkish, Kurdish, Syrians and Afghans.”