Boris Johnson has dropped the anti-racist message from the Rise concert in London. OK, music festivals don't change the world, but with the world the way it is right now, in a tiny but symbolic way, this move helps the nasty rightward drift of European politics. Think of Berlusconi's and Sarkozy's racist ideas and policies. Johnson's tactic is to eradicate the overt political message of the festival (hence, " The Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) has also been told that its annual Big Cuba Fiesta stage is barred. . .") and turn the event into a bland 'celebration of what we share in common'. In other words a beige corporate cashfest which aims to lower consciousness rather than remind people that music has a political content and that racism, helas, is alive and kicking.
Upper class wanker.
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