[NetBehaviour] #PostRefArt

Tue Jul 5 10:45:20 CEST 2016

yes, it is bigger than just the EU. for example, at the beginning of the
article ruth shared, it says " During membership of the EU the division
between rich and poor [in the UK] has increased, with the poorest
suffering a fall in living standards." but this isn't because of the EU
- the same thing has happened during the same time period around the
world outside of the EU, such as in new zealand. it would have happened
in the UK even if they'd never been part of the EU. so it's interesting
to read this interpretation of the referendum vote as a rejection of
rampant neoliberal capitalism by both sides.

i'm curious about the assertion that the EU was a CIA initiative (the
footnotes for the article are not on the web page). it doesn't really
surprise me (is there anything left in the world that the CIA hasn't had
its fingers in???) but i would like to know more about this.

i'm looking forward to chatting about it all with ruth next week :)

h : )

On 3/07/16 11:52 41AM, Joseph Young wrote:
> Thanks for starting this important thread...
>
> The key to this is changing the narrative and placing the blame for
> the current position squarely on our (successive) right-wing
> governments and their failed and unnecessary austerity policies.
> Whatever "European" artwork is produced has to concentrate on
> challenging the dominant narratives that have allowed UKIP et al to
> convince post industrial working class communities that the EU is to
> blame rather than their own government. 
>
> *Joseph Young*
> *Artist : Activist : Cultural Producer*
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> On 3 Jul 2016, at 11:13, ruth catlow <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org
> <mailto:ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org>> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Steven and Anita, for initiating this conversation.
>>
>> I, like many people I have spoken to over the last week (including
>> our many European friends and colleagues in the UK and on the
>> continent) have found this last week very distressing.
>>
>> The referendum promoted a narrative, supported in ALL mainstream
>> media, (not just in the UK it seems, but across Europe)... that
>> characterizes the British people, and especially the English, as
>> wannabe-again-Imperialists, and (depending on their class) either
>> dumb, uneducated and racist; or hubristic Neoliberal muppets.
>>
>> This narrative is now amplified (and seemingly proved) by an upsurge
>> of street-level racism and hostility towards our neighbours from
>> Germany, Poland, Greece, Romania etc who have enriched our lives by
>> making theirs in the UK.
>>
>> Before the referendum, I found myself uneasy about actually
>> campaigning for Remain in spite of my desire for pan-European
>> peoples' alliance- because I couldn't ally myself with the dominating
>> political arguments proposed by the Tories (and backed up by
>> big-business and the establishment), and didn't want to participate
>> in a process that further stamped on the dignity of people in the UK
>> who are already so disenfranchised by the effects of austerity cuts
>> (and many years of other systemic injustices). The social-liberal
>> <http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/02/march-for-europe-eu-referendum-london-protest>
>> layer in the UK is now finding its voice, but the reporting of the
>> protests reinforces the Leave-voter caricatures.
>>
>> So I am looking for better information. Here's some
>> <http://www.globalresearch.ca/regime-change-in-britains-labour-party-the-ashcroft-opinion-poll-is-this-why-jeremy-corbyn-must-go/5533742>
>>
>> A UCL study has shown that the poorest 20% of British workers have
>> indeed been affected adversely by immigration...
>> [nevertheless]....Asked which of the following they considered to be
>> forces for good, a considerable proportion of leave voters expressed
>> support for multi-culturalism (29%), social liberalism (32%),
>> globalisation (49%), the green movement (38%), feminism (40%) and
>> even immigration (21%). About half of the voters, whether leave or
>> remain, felt capitalism was a force for ill rather than a force for
>> good (51%:49%).
>>
>> Whatever we do, I think we need to build solidarity with other people
>> who are suffering the effects (and they are many) of the bank crisis
>> and resulting austerity politics.
>>
>> Respect,
>>
>> Ruth
>>
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>> http://www.furtherfield.org/rcatlow/rethinking_wargames/
>> On 02/07/16 19:19, Steven Ball wrote:
>>> I’m posting this to following a brief conversation with Anita McKeown, Ruth, and Marc. 
>>>
>>> The ramifications for life in the UK after the EU referendum are still very unclear. Parliamentary politics is in meltdown and the direction of travel for future government seems to be further right, the economy is looking precarious, meanwhile a toxic wave of overt public racist violence is spreading across the country. It is tempting to think that we are entering a disturbingly illiberal dystopia. Artists cannot sit by or remain in a bubble while this happens, the necessity of responding to this situation is urgent, but what can we do, what are we doing?
>>>
>>> The purpose of this discussion is twofold:
>>> - Firstly and most simply to make connections, to share information about what we are doing in response as part of our practice, to share news and information of any exhibitions or opportunities to produce public responses to the current situation.
>>> - Secondly to speculate how we might produce and present work that responds to the current situation, what is the nature of that work, who does it address, and where will it be exhibited.
>>>
>>> We invite and welcome your action, thoughts, and ideas.
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