The Art of Resistance

The Art of Manifestos

Today: Five manifestos from radical groups across time and mission. This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist t

The Category is: The Art of Ballroom and Drag

How did this particular form of queer art and culture come to be? How did queer people across centuries find solace and support in these underground and public scenes? An

Apartheid Art: Afrapix and South African Artists, 1950s-80s

How did artists empower silenced people? How did photographers use access and international press to tell the truth about a country’s atrocities? And how did individuals,

Rock Rebellion: The Plastic People of the Universe in Soviet Czechoslovakia, 1970s

How did a band in Soviet Czechoslovakia kick off a revolt against repression? How did young Czech people in the 1970s look to the counter culture of the U.S. for inspirat

Eating Fire: The Lesbian Avengers, 1991+

How did a group of women change the narrative for LGBTQ representation and equality in the early 90s? How did street performance and circus acts turn the invisible visibl

“Look at it”: Dorothea Lange's photography and the Japanese Internment, 1930s-40s

How did one woman take pictures so powerful that they were both celebrated and banned? How did a worker with unprecedented access create a living visual library that show

Sewing the truth: Arpilleras in Pinochet's Chile, 1973-1989

How did handsewn crafts help desperate women fight back against a dictatorship? How did communal creative groups empower one another? And what can we learn from the arpil

Working 9 to 5: A Movie and a Movement, 1980

How did a small group of women activists influence Hollywood? How did a comedy smash tap into hidden truths about the workplace? And what can we learn from the movie 9 to

Singing the Terrible Truth: Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit," 1939

How has one song stunned for nearly a century? How was it so powerful that the federal government targeted the singer for decades? And what can we learn from the story of

Speaking the Word: The art of Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey

In this bonus series we're looking at modern artists using art as a tool of resistance. Today: Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey. Connect with Caleb at TheNegroArtist.com

Introducing...Performing the Revolution

Performing the Revolution comes from the team at Radical Evolution. Check out the first episode here, then listen to the full four-episode series in your favorite podcast

B-Boy Rebellion: The art of Chuy Renteria

In this bonus series we're looking at modern artists using art as a tool of resistance. Today: Chuy Renteria. Connect with Chuy at chuyrenteria.bsky.social and Little Vil

“Sacklers Lie, Thousands Die”: The art of Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N.

This is a special bonus episode of The Art of Resistance, focusing on modern artists creating writing, music, and more to resist the status quo. What can we learn from

Hexing the Patriarchy: The art of W.I.T.C.H., 1968+

How did ancient and primal fears provide the perfect imagery for women’s rights? How did radical feminists use theater and artistic play to channel their anger and make a

Indigenous truths: The art of Zitkála-Šá, 1900-1936

How did writing empower a community? How did truth-telling defy the powers that be, and embolden generations to come? And what can we learn from Zitkála-Šá about how to m

Un Encuentro Para Libertad: Chicana Artivistas making art with the Zapatistas, 1997

How did a creative workshop across borders and across languages further a revolution? How did music, one-act plays, poems, murals and more connect humans more thoroughly

Writers underground: Soviet Samizdat, 1967-1982

How did writing threaten the Russian status quo? How did hand-typed publications of facts, passed hand to hand, make a massive dent in the USSR regime? And what can we le

Black pride and revolt: Emory Douglas and the art of the Black Panthers, 1967-1979

How did illustrations embolden a community? How did caricatures, portraits, and parody empower a movement and terrify the FBI? And what can we learn from the art of Emory

Punk feminists and teen girls: The art of Riot Grrrl, 1990-1996

How did making music serve as resistance to the status quo? How did attending shows, making zines, and even just talking help girls across the U.S. fight hopelessness? An

Queer surrealists vs. Nazis: The art of Cahun & Moore, 1940-1944

How did small, anonymous art and writing make a dent in the Nazi machine? How did playing on our assumptions about what older women do help them resist for years? And wha