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Arena 3. Anarchism in Music: In this thirdvolume of the Arena series we turn ourattention to the vehicle of music. From earlyfolk music to the rise of rock n' roll; tocabaret and the classical avant garde; toanarchist punk and every other cliché-riddenadjective slapped onto the art form by aparasitic music press keen to imposemarketing demographics, we examine thephenomenon of music as protest and song asinsurrectionary oral tradition. We hear fromstreet musicians and singer-songwriters,players and performers, ranters, ravers andracket-makers from a variety of genres andtraditions who promote a libertarian ideal,sing confrontational songs of freedom orsimply 'make an art form out of cheek'. Everyrevolution needs a soundtrack after all.

Daniel O’Guérin is the editor of back2frontmagazine, a periodical journal which examines,promotes and critiques radical music, arts,politics and culture since 2003. He runs anindependent music label and has alsocontributed to dozens of other publicationssince the 1980s when he had this daft ideathat things could be much better.

CONTENTSIntroductionDaniel O’Guérin —What’s in (A) Song? AnIntroduction to Libertarian Music?

David Rovics —Busking MemoriesPhil Strongman —No Future, Nature BoyPetesy Burns —The Social SpaceRobb Johnson —What I DoNorman Nawrocki —From Rhythm Activismto Bakunin’s BumBoff Whalley —In Defence of AnarchyBoff Whalley —Anarchism and Music: Theoryand PracticePenny Rimbaud —Falling Off the Edge

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New from ChristieBooks22 February 2012

Title: Arena 3: Anarchismin Music

Editor: Daniel O’GuérinISBN-13: 978-1-873976-51-7Pages 94Size: 230mm x 153mmPublisher: ChristieBooksPublished: 22 February, 2012Price: £9.95 (inc p+p UK)Edition: PaperbackMarket: Music/Essays/Politics