billy woods: “My Music Is Radical, in Its Own Way”
Rapper billy woods is a leading figure in contemporary underground hip-hop. He spoke to Jacobin about the inspiration for his music and his left-wing politics.
2 Articles by: Armen Aramyan
Armen Aramyan is a founding editor of DOXA, a prominent left-wing media outlet in Russia that was banned for its opposition to the war in Ukraine. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University College London School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies.
In Russia, They Don’t Read Lenin Anymore
Soviet symbols are widespread in today’s Russia, including in propaganda for the war in Ukraine. But in the classroom, the Soviet legacy is reduced to a nationalist cult of World War II, while burying even the notional idea of a more equal society.