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In 2020, against a backdrop of health crisis and growing social inequality, the independent studio “Pixel Pushers Union 512” released Tonight We Riot. This video game, described by its creators as «an unapologetically socialist game», offers a revolutionary fantasy in which the working class organises to overthrow the capitalist system. The work, presented as a side‑scrolling “beat ’em up” with pixel art aesthetics, emerged as a response to the saturation of conservative narratives in the gaming industry. Its arrival on … Read more

When a society does not want to see the wound, the best thing is to film the pus. Mathieu Kassovitz, at only 27 years old, did that in 1995: he took a black-and-white camera and went into the heart of the Parisian “banlieues” to give viewers an uncomfortable image, that of a France that did not recognise itself in its own outskirts. The film was not born from an aesthetic whim, but from the outrage over the death of Makomé … Read more

Los Chikos del Maíz is a political rap trio from Valencia whose lyrics criticise the monarchy, the far right and reactionary views, whilst calling for organisation and social struggle. They describe themselves as Marxists and anti-fascists, and use biting humour and pop culture references in their songs. They have been the target of several attempts at censorship and concert cancellations, accused by right-wing local councils of “glorifying terrorism”. The track No pasarán is from their sixth studio album, Comanchería, and … Read more

June 20 marks World Refugee Day. In this context, “Dounana”, a song released more than a year ago, emerges as a furious cry against neocolonialism and the destruction of peoples. The piece was created in November 2024 by Syrian-born artist Siba Alkhiami, who lives in Berlin, in collaboration with German producer Monkyman (Felix Spitta). A year and a half later, in April 2026, the author published a message about the song’s continued relevance, triggering an unexpected wave of virality on … Read more

Its broadcast became a historic event: on January 17, 2015, nearly 569,000 viewers (a 20% share) followed the story of the 4F case, an exorbitant figure for Channel 33. The documentary had toured festivals and community centers, and now it reached the public on a much larger scale. The anticipation was no coincidence. Days earlier, a court in Barcelona ordered five minutes of the feature film to be cut, claiming it violated the right to honor of a former police … Read more

The film “Diaz: Don’t Clean Up This Blood” (2012), directed by Daniele Vicari, reconstructs a key episode in recent European political memory: the police repression during the G8 summit in Genoa. It is a work focused on institutional violence and the cover-up of events that took place at the Armando Diaz School. The historical context is set in July 2001, during the G8 counter-summit in Genoa, when thousands of people mobilized against the global neoliberal model. The raid on the … Read more

The song “Bella Ciao” is an anonymous Italian folk anthem, transmitted for years through oral tradition in the northern regions of Italy. Its exact origin is uncertain, but it has become an internationally recognized cultural symbol of antifascist resistance. Its earliest roots can be traced back to the second half of the 19th century, linked to the “mondine”, women working in the rice fields of the Po Valley. These women used protest songs to denounce harsh working conditions: exhausting workdays, … Read more

Leisure is not a neutral territory. Since the early 20th century, board games have functioned as a space of ideological dispute, where economic and social behaviors are shaped. The current wave of resistance games revives a forgotten tradition: using dice and cards not to accumulate fictitious capital, but to build social imaginaries (that is, ways of organizing and interpreting reality) based on the common good and solidarity. The origin of this movement can be traced to the work of American … Read more

The Asociación Galega de Comunicación para o Cambio Social (AGARESO) premieres the documentary “La hora robada. Turismo, neocolonialismo y desarraigo en Gran Canaria”, an audiovisual work that examines the social and territorial consequences of the current tourism model on the island. The 35-minute piece was developed במסגרת the course “Comunicar para o cambio” and involved a team of five filmmakers traveling to Gran Canaria for five weeks. The project was initially conceived to address migration routes to the Canary Islands, … Read more

El futuro sobre plano (2004), by the Madrid-based punk rock band Biznaga, is an expression of rage in the face of the severe housing crisis in the Spanish State and a call for social mobilisation. The lyrics reflect the current housing situation in the country: financial speculation by vulture funds, lack of social housing, gentrification, mass tourism, evictions… but they also call for the contestation of the city and for reclaiming the right to inhabit it with dignity. The music … Read more