Art as Resistance
Stellan Vinthagen September 7th, 2009
Dahr Jamail writes in Truthout:
“Throughout history, culture and art have always been the celebration of freedom under oppression.”
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Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have tough truths to tell, and it has been well demonstrated that the establishment media does not want to broadcast these. Given the lack of an outlet for anti-war voices in the corporate media, many contemporary veterans and active-duty soldiers have embraced the arts as a tool for resistance, communication and healing. They have made use of a wide range of visual and performing arts – through theater, poetry, painting, writing, and other creative expression – to affirm their own opposition to the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq.”
See more at Truthout.
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