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MAY DAY 2020: CULTURE AND THE COMMONS IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

MAY DAY 2020: CULTURE AND THE COMMONS IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS
Library Shelf Location ZINE-C
Publication Date May 2020
Description

This powerful e-collection of images, poems and prose is a virtual May Day procession, celebrating the core values of the labour movement around the importance of ‘the commons’—co-operation, collective action, solidarity and the dignity of labour. These values have never been more relevant than they are nowadays, in the midst of this Covid-19 crisis.

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Contents

Foreword.......................................................................................................5 Introduction...................................................................................................7 May Day 2020: A procession of images, poems and prose..........................9 Appeal.........................................................................................................30 Newcastle Trades Council Culture Policy....................................................32 Contributors.................................................................................................36

Culture Matters promotes a socialist and progressive approach to art, culture and politics. See www.culturematters.org.uk

Copyright © the contributors
Cover image: National Hero Service © Laura Moore

Thanks to Theresa Easton, Jonpaul Kirvan, Paul Summers and all the contributors for artworks, poems and prose.

 

Quantity 1
Pages 39
Editor Mike Quille
Formats Digital Zine, PDF File
Publisher Culture Matters
Related Artists Laura Moore, Theresa Easton
Keywords COVID-19 Pandemic, Collective action, Solidarity, Key workers, Tribute
Related City/Region Newcastle upon Tyne

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