Cultural Activism Has Never Been More Important

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Authors: Matt Black & Richard Dent

It's the right time for more cultural responses

Cultural activism has never been more important. Here in the UK, artists from different genres, forms and styles are responding to current events like Brexit and inequality. Whether it's Grime artists promoting progressive politicians, Banksy's sly comments on multiple fronts, video remix artist like Cassetteboy putting out political cutup videos on Facebook or Ninja Tune using its social channels to promote what we believe in, the cultural sector has an important role to play in society. Social media allows us to be legible to our audience. We think it's the right time for more cultural responses to the various social and political challenges we face, especially when it comes to Europe.

Coldcut and Ninja Tune are a part of that. We've put out enough politically themed records and other media to occupy that space. We don't intend to retreat. We are partisan. One of our slogans was "Don't hate the media, become the media". In the age of a brilliant video camera and netcast capability in every pocket, this is possible for anyone. 

But we're not maki...