![]() We are talking specifically about music because music as resistance was at the root of our first connection and it is what we have continued to share through these years. Together, we explore examples of places and times when the medium of music has contributed to intersectional struggles towards an internationalist, universalist politics. 207) puts it, ‘to articulate commonalities without submerging differences’. In this article we attempt to maintain our different voices and different locations in history and society, but in a spirit of solidarity, or, as Kelliher (2021, p. But, in spite of such challenges and differences, transnational solidarities and resistance are always in the making. It never just is.’ Transnational solidarities are even more difficult as there are inevitable tensions and contradictions arising from the legacies of European empires which often mean that, even within movements of resistance, some people and countries have much greater voice and power than others ( Featherstone et al., 2022, pp. ![]() Solidarity is something that is made and remade. It’s a form of solidarity it’s making solidarity. 4 As Ruth Wilson Gilmore (2020) puts it, ‘We have to be attentive to the many different kinds of factors, places and processes through which people come to consciousness through fomenting liberation struggle. ‘There are friends I will make/And bonds I will break/As the seasons roll by/And we build our own sky’, Joan Baez wrote in ‘A Song for David’. We can never take them for granted, and never should, but keep working at them. 6) maintains, ‘solidarity can establish new relationships across social and geographical boundaries’, such solidarities are nevertheless fraught with challenges. Case studies include music developed by those struggling against discriminatory (anti-Muslim) citizenship laws and state violence in India, and socialist internationalist Yiddish music – originally developed to protest against both anti-Semitic pogroms and exploitative employment conditions and currently being revived in the US, Europe and elsewhere. This article explores connections being made through music within and across national boundaries and across time. One among these that can build transnational solidarity and also potentially celebrate working-class cultures is music. With social media trolling and ‘fake news’ increasingly used as additional sources of power for the radical right, challenging racial nationalist narratives requires innovative forms of affective politics. ![]() All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALSĪs racial nationalist regimes across the globe consolidate their power through their interconnections, so their efforts to divide people along lines of ‘race’, ethnicity, faith, nationality, immigration status and differentiated citizenship laws continue apace.
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