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Rapper, cameraman, activist and speaker Marcel Cartier.

Marcel Cartier gets his rap lines from the frontline

Marcel Cartier's lines usually ring out with the clarity of a clarion call - and the messages on his latest album are as loud and clear as ever. As he tells 麻豆传媒 Weekly's Mat Ward, much of the material comes from first-hand experience with struggles around the world.

The Warsaw Ghetto uprising: 鈥楢gainst the occupier until the very end鈥

The Ghetto Fights, Warsaw 1943-45 Marek Edelman Bookmarks, 2013 98 pp., $14.00 鈥淭hrough the din of German cannons, destroying the homes of our mothers, wives and children; through the noise of their machine guns, seized by us in the fight against the cowardly German police and SS men; through the smoke of the Ghetto, that was set on fire, and the blood of its mercilessly killed defenders, we, the slaves of the Ghetto, convey heartfelt greetings to you.鈥
'We are Making a New World,' by British artist Paul Nash, 1918.

Never over the top 鈥 a cultural campaign against celebrating WWI

Jan Woolf is the cultural coordinator of the No Glory in War campaign, a group that seeks to counter the celebratory narrative of the British government鈥檚 commemorations of World War I. She spoke to online radical cultural Red Wedge Magaize about the campaign鈥檚 use of art and media 鈥 both past and present 鈥 to communicate its message.

Britain's student union condemns Israel, backs boycott

Palestine solidarity activists in Britain declared victory on August 4 after the National Executive Council of the Nation Union of Students voted to pass a motion in solidarity with Palestine, and for an arms embargo against Israel, the next day. The NEC motion condemned Israel鈥檚 lethal assault on and blockade of the Gaza Strip.

In defence of Palestine -- statement signed by Evo Morales, Mel Zelaya, Eduardo Galeano and many more

The following statement by the Network in Defence of Humanity -- in defense of Palestine and encouraging people to join the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign targetting Israel -- has been signed by Bolivian President Evo Morales, former Honduran president Mel Zelaya, Nobel peace prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, Cuban musician Silvio Rodriguez and many more (see list below).

Socialist responses to capitalism鈥檚 first world war still resonate

One hundred years ago, fighting broke out among the great powers of Europe, launching what has become known as World War I. The brutal conflict, which lasted more than four years, proved to be a decisive turning point for humanity and the socialist movement 鈥 its effects still felt strongly today.