Also, what happened in Hungary won't happen in the US, as the US is not a parliamentary system. It's also extremely rare that one gets a 2/3 majority in the US Senate; the last such majority was 1965-67.
Japan would like a word.
A lot of Orbán's American fans are saying that this election proved he was never an authoritarian in the first place.
This is completely wrong — and, in fact, betrays a complete misunderstanding of both Hungarian politics and modern authoritarianism.
Here's why.
Gives new layers to the words, "atmosphere music"
Where are the editors?!
I was interviewed for this piece by Abby Hughes of #CBC on the boom in #folk #protest songs. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
I mean, I cancelled for a reason.
Am I to infer that this is related? #academia.edu
But there are more of these in former dictatorships like Brazil and S Korea than in the US…
Trump's EPA weakened limits for mercury pollution (by 70%) as well as for toxic soot. Its own fine print says it won't bring down electricity prices or help stave off the decline in the coal industry. youtu.be/0GhwxM5hLSQ?...
The Nation has nominated the people of Minneapolis for a Nobel Peace Price. Help out below:
https://bit.ly/4q9datK
Turns out net debtors can’t tick off everyone all the time. Dollar down 10% against other currencies; demand for US equities and govt bonds down, with negative implications for market performance and interest rates. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...
And would explain why there's no equivalent investigation for Renee Good's murder.
I participated in @npr.org AirTalk with Larry Mantle, where callers chimed in on what they thought about @brucespringsteen.net 's new anthem on #ICE and #Minneapolis. Some very interesting comments. omny.fm/shows/airtal...
This excellent article by @alexlauer.bsky.social considers ICE protest songs, many by Minneapolis musicians whom he interviews, and the role of music in protests. I was privileged to offer comments. www.insidehook.com/music/ice-pr...
"It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies"
I also appreciate the ironic evocation of the national anthem, and that the samples of protesters' chants haven't been edited to fit the music's tempo, allowing them to coexist like sounds at a protest.
I’ve actually been transcribing protest chants since the 2010s. Since the 2017 Women’s March, I’ve put them up here: medium.com/@norikomanabe
Thanks for posting!
Here is my second blogpost on ICE protest songs and chants, from the Minnesota general strike and after Alex Pretti’s killing, with a large section on singing at protests and more songs about ICE. medium.com/@norikomanab...
Social media varies, but BlueSky is pretty open. Twitter has become unusable; I only still have an account there because many Japanese people I follow haven’t migrated out of it.
The mainstream media in the US is controlled by a small number of Republican billionaires (eg Bezos owns the Washington Post, Ellison owns CBS News), and formerly liberal outlets like the NYTimes has been cowed into submission. Many Americans read non-US outlets like the BBC or the Guardian instead.
It’s good that he said this, unlike W. But the first paragraph shows his denialism. We are, evidently, a country that guns down its citizens in the street. That is a problem, and it needs to be recognized and resisted.
That having been said, for many countries (eg UK, France, Japan), the governmental capital is the same as the city with the most economic capital, and their biggest papers are in those cities--London, Paris, Tokyo. That's not the case in the US--NYC isn't the capital.
I agree with you that repetition is key to helping participation along. Thomas Turino talks about this nature of participatory music in the second chapter of this book. Many protest songs, esp. Freedom Songs, have this characteristic. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Many thanks for letting me know about your song! I've included it in the blogpost in a subsection titled "other participatory singing," since the song seemed well-designed for a call-and-response. Thank you again!
Thank you - I've made that correction.
it's also happening on X as you know, and seems to be happening somewhat on Threads.
That's very nice! I like the constant refrain, "chip, chip, chipping away at the ICE."
