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Distributed on the streets of Western Europe by those excluded from the system, Arts of the Working Class is a newspaper covering Art, Poverty, Wealth and Precarity.

12/01/2025

OUR VALUE GROWS WITH YOU

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10/01/2025

Building communities, one shared loaf at a time.

KOKO (Kollaborative Konstruktion) in Kirchham reimagines connection through art, architecture, and collaboration. From wooden platforms to sourdough metaphors, this temporary hub explored what it means to belong in a world of impermanence.

Andries de Lange & Isobel Mills guide us through the ephemeral social infrastructure in the Alpine village of Kirchham.

their words at the link in the bio  our vendors on the streets
* Image Captions Playing and improvising with Matylda Krzykowski – composing and baking the pizza hands. Copyright: Matylda Krzykowski.
KOKO structure alive in the meadow. Copyright: Sophie Köchert.
Co-creating Endless Pasta with artist Anna Pech. Copyright: Matylda Krzykowski.
Creating the physical “Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” (inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin), together with the artists Luïza Luz and Andries de Lange. Copyright: Sophie Köchert.

04/01/2025

How did you dream last night?
昨夜はどんな夢を見ましたか？

Do you want to share your experiences of dreaming?
あなたの夢の経験を共有してみませんか？
www.instituteofsleeplessnights.org / [email protected]

We start the year with Michikazu Matsune’s contribution to our current issue, no.34:
A collection of dreamscapes

松根充和
Matsune is a performance artist and the initiator of The Institute of Sleepless Nights, a practice-based research project, devoted to the art of sleeplessness and a wide range of troubles related to the act of sleeping. Matsune is originally from Kobe and based in Vienna. www.michikazumatsune.info

23/12/2024

Mario is one of us
and we’re happy that his story is being told on .

As a vendor for Arts of the Working Class, Mario shares his experiences of eviction, addiction, and survival in Berlin. In his interview with Annabelle Seubert for Zeit Online, his voice is given the attention it deserves.

Mario wants his story to travel far, and so do we.

Read it here: https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2024-12/obdachlos-berlin-drogen-alltag-leben

22/12/2024

Solidarity needs funding. We need your solidarity.

18/12/2024

READING BETWEEN FRAGMENTATION

At the heart of Hard Graft: Work, Health, and Rights on show at the Wellcome Collection in London lies an urgent and often overlooked question: how does labor shape our bodies and minds across time?

The exhibition weaves together exploitative systems and invisibilized workers' conditions: the health crises born of industrialization, the stolen energy of exploited workers, and the quiet yet seismic resistance embedded in everyday lives.

Theresa Zwerschke's review at the link in the bio
and
our Vendors on the Streets
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May 1st demonstration in solidarity to the Sans-Papiers in hunger strike at the Halle Pajol before the occupation of the Saint Bernard Church, 1996, Paris, Photo: Bouba Touré Archive

Dark Garden, Md Fazla Rabbi Fatiq, 2021- ongoing. Courtesy of the artist; Hard Graft Gallery Photo: Wellcome Collection/Steven Pocock, 2024

If toxic air is a monument to slavery, how do we take it down?, Forensic Architecture in partnership with RISE St. James, 2021 © Forensic Architecture

Money Makes the World Go Round, Lindsey Mendick, 2023-2024. Commissioned by Wellcome Collection, CC-BY-NC; Hard Graft Gallery Photo: Wellcome Collection/Steven Pocock, 2024

No Rest for the Wicked, Kelly O'Brien, 2004-2022. Courtesy of the artist; Hard Graft Gallery Photo: Wellcome Collection/Steven Pocock, 2024

16/12/2024

THE UNMAKING OF THE ‘CREATIVE’ CITY OF BERLIN

is based on the transformation of inclusive infrastructure into a tool of exclusion, or ‘infrastructure of violence.’ This violence operates actively—through funding withdrawals as we are seeing from 2025 on—and passively, as the slow decay of support forces marginalized voices to the fringes. Berlin’s cultural infrastructure, once a bridge for pluralism, is being weaponized to divide and exclude.

Friederike Landau-Donnelly analysis at the link in the bio.
YOUR COPY on the streets
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Different feet in the same struggle, we are all affected by the cuts in different ways.
Through the clouds that carry our protesting voices, we stay infrastructured together in solidarity.
Both photos by Friederike Landau-Donnelly

15/12/2024

Another call for donation—the arts need to be crowdfunded.

13/12/2024

TRANSNATIONAL STORIES FROM JAPANESE PROLETARIAN ART

The 1920s and 1930s were a time of profound transformation for Japanese avant-garde art. In a conversation, Andrew Maerkle and Professor Toshiharu Omuka explore the rich, interconnected world of movements like Mavo and the Proletarian Art movement. These groups were not only shaping the future of Japanese art but were also deeply involved in global artistic and political networks, bridging the gap between East and West, anarchism and revolution, and the local and the international.

This contribution is an edited transcription of a talk between Andrew Maerkle and Toshiharu Omuka in the frame of Art Week Tokyo 2023.

the full conversation in the link in the bio
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Nihon Puroretaria Bijutsu Dōmei, ed., Puroretaria bijutsu gashū (Album of Proletarian Art), vol. 2, 1930, front and back cover. Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
Miozō Ichimura, Sōgi o urinigesen to suru darakan Minami Kiichi (Kiichi Minami, the turncoat boss who would sell out the strike) [Kiichi Minami, betrayer of the strike]
Jun Iwamatsu, Shokuba o hikiagero (Walkout!)
Tōki Okamoto, Shuppatsu (Setting out) [On to the attack!]
Masao Asano, Tachikin hantai (Oppose the lockout) [Oppose the lockout of the plots]
Zensaku Kitamura, Shūgō (Assembly) [Assembling to attack the landowner]

11/12/2024

Out now: Issue no. 34

The notion of family has long been framed as a stable, secure entity, yet today, its values are shaped by forces that generate profound insecurity— economic, ecological, and social.

This issue, titled examines how systems designed to create safety, like money and property, deepen our anxiety and uncertainty.

With features by Abolitionist Jelly, Amr Amer, Takashi Arai, F***y Noria Arai Harlan, Ayami Awazuhara, Bino Byansi Byakuleka, Joshua Citarella and Catherine Liu, Dalia Maini, DMT, Center for Plausible Economies, Leiko Ikemura, Amelie Jakubek, Shibboleth, Krishan Rajapakshe, Kolja Reichert, Lilo Ruminawi, María Muñoz-Martínez, María Inés Plaza Lazo, Katrin Mayer, Michikazu Matsune, Paulina Nolte, Ayumi Paul, Rico Zyrrano, Chaveli Sifre, Christian Tschirn, ver.di, Shimabuku.

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09/12/2024

OUR SOLIDARITY WON’T BE DEFUNDED

As Realpolitik disrupts the comfort zone of the art and culture sectors in Berlin, what do we learn about the silencing of Palestine Solidarity, the deepening of precarity in cultural labor conditions, and the assimilation of dissent?

Dalia Maini and Filipe Lippe—link in bio.

The article is accompanied by Joshua Schwebel’s “From the Aesthetics of Administration” (2017), an open invitation for employees of Berlin’s Kulturverwaltung to participate in making the artwork presented in the exhibition.

08/12/2024

You are here: scrolling through donation. Ours is urgent too.

08/12/2024

You are here: scrolling through donations. Ours is urgent too.

06/12/2024

Activist Movements and State Institutions need each other. There it is—I said it.

As long there are nations and fascists ruling them, this needs to be embraced - to move forward.

Gaza demands our collective attention, as do all the damned of this earth ravaged by imperialist, colonial, and capitalist ideals of purity. Palestinians, Lebanese, and Israelis need this war to end. But we need more than ceasefires; we need solutions that safeguard humanity—solutions that move us beyond “pros” and “cons,” beyond the Far-Right exploiting polarization to splinter and weaken progressive efforts.

This urgency was at the heart of the symposium “Art and Activism in Times of Polarization,” curated by Saba-Nur Cheema and Meron Mendel. It asked a challenging question: How can cultural institutions foster dialogue in an era of deepening divides? The symposium wasn’t perfect, but it was necessary.

As a last-minute speaker, I shared thoughts on how we can elevate activism, engage with state institutions, and confront the complexities of art and culture in a fractured world. Activism is critical for progress, yet cancellations and polarization risk destroying the few spaces we have left to find real solutions.

You can read my full reflections at artsoftheworkingclass.org. Let’s keep the conversation going.

Image Credit:
© Neue Nationalgalerie / Ali Ghandtschi
Sitting next to Andreas Fanizadeh looking like a Villain. I like him, even if we disagree about pretty much everything about the current situation in Germany.

06/12/2024

04/12/2024

AN ANATOMY OF SILENCING IN GERMANY

The Cancelled Culture event—organized by Forensis, Spore Initiative, and Ghayath Almadhoun—examined censorship and the weaponization of neutrality.
Highlighting self-censorship and state penalties, the event called for urgent action to protect free expression.

Lilo Ruminawi’s report on artsoftheworkingclass.org

Images:

“How to Work together?” series of posters based on collective meetings asking this question, part of “Debt” exhibition, Qalandiya International 2018. Co-curated by Reem Shadid and Yazan Khalili, poster design in arabic and english: Yazan Khalili.

29/11/2024

LOOKING AT STRUCTURES IN RUINS

In times of institutional defunding and prevarication, Astra Taylor & Katrin Mayer allow us to see what’s hidden in plain sight: the quiet mechanisms of insecurity and erased histories residing in labor structures. Taylor dissects capitalism’s way of weaponizing our fears, while Mayer uncovers the invisible labor of women in tech history. Both reveal the buried truths about prevarication and invisible labor that shape our collective struggle for emancipation, justice, and memory.

Lilo Ruminawi’s review of Astra Taylor’s The Age of Insecurity: Holding Together While Everything Falls Apart and Katrin Mayer’s comptoir ***y carolsruh in link in bio.

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Frauke Finsterwalder, Sisi und ich, 132 min., Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich, 2023. Filmstill taken for comptoir ***y book of carolsruh by Katrin Mayer, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2024

Katrin Mayer, comptoir ***y carolsruh, Collage for invitation, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2024.

Image editing: Ana Aguilera, Code: Anna Cairns, City layout: Stadtarchiv Karlsruhe.

Katrin Mayer, comptoir ***y book of carolsruh,
Exhibition view, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, 2024. Photo: Heiko Karn

27/11/2024

UNGOVERNABLE FAMILIES

Professor Kim TallBear’s insights challenge us to view the nuclear family as the smallest unit of the nation, whose role was to serve the reproduction of the population during the European colonization of America. We learn that the Western family construct, supported by Catholicism, has erased the many forms of relationships that preexisted in Indigenous communities.

What if we looked beyond capitalist family scripts of love and chose a web of intergenerational care over nuclearity?
Dalia Maini’s thoughts on Kim TallBear’s essay Making Love and Relations Beyond Settler S*x and Family in the link in the bio   the work that illustrates this article by reading “Zwischen Dystopie und Kontemplation”, an interview with the Langen Foundation on the Japanese Edo Period in the link in the bio
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Zwei Akrobaten und ihr Pferdeführer, KÔ SÛKOKU (1730-1804) Edo-Zeit, 18. Jahrhundert Copyright & Courtesy: Sammlung Viktor & Marianne Langen

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WORKERS’ SUMMER CHAPTER 4:  Women Workers Against Gender Discrimination and Labor Exploitation.  The fourth and final chapter from the AWC’s selection on Labournet.tv highlights the ongoing struggles faced by women workers in various industries worldwide. Women continue to endure harsh working conditions, wage discrimination, and modern slavery, particularly in sectors where they are overrepresented and underpaid, such as the clothing and cleaning industries. These challenges are often exacerbated by gender-based discrimination, lack of access to secure employment, and limited legal protections. The selected films shed light on workers fighting for their rights and striving for better working and living conditions. From strikes in Paris, where immigrant women protested against unjust subcontracting practices, to global narratives of factory workers seeking independence, and the stories of refugee women in Germany battling bureaucratic obstacles compounded by racism and xenophobia, these films emphasize the critical need for corporate accountability, advocacy for gender and labor justice, and stronger protections for all workers.  Brought together by a shared interest in making visible workers’ history and labor’s current struggles, AWC in cooperation with labournet.tv, a collective and an online archive of films from labor movements worldwide, has selected a variety of films addressing current and historical working conditions, migration fluxes, and forms of self-organization. WATCH THE LAST CHAPTER at the link in bio This collaboration is facilitated by Noa Jaari, Mia Ribeiro Alonso, Line Lange, and Annalisa Giacinti. @labournettv @noajaari @annalisagiaci @miah.alonsoh @line.orane.zoe @womeninexile

WORKERS’ SUMMER CHAPTER 3:  Workers take over the production and shape their working conditions. The third chapter from the AWC selection on labournet.tv focuses on the self-organization and transformation of the economy by workers. In these labor disputes, the workers go beyond merely pointing out poor working conditions and disproportionate power relations—they actively reshape and redefine them according to their needs and ideas. Stories from Italy, Greece, and Argentina, depict the processes of self-management, the collective exploration of needs-oriented working conditions, the development of democratic structures, the transition to ecological production, and the constant challenges and changes that accompany these efforts. The occupations and takeovers featured in the films were not short-lived episodes; instead, they led to long-term changes, offering insights into what an alternative society could look like and how we might achieve it. Brought together by a shared interest in making visible workers’ history and labor’s current struggles, AWC in cooperation with labournet.tv, a collective and an online archive of films from labor movements worldwide, has selected a variety of films addressing current and historical working conditions, migration fluxes, and forms of self-organization. WATCH THE THIRD CHAPTER at the link in bio This collaboration is facilitated by Noa Jaari, Mia Ribeiro Alonso, Line Lange, and Annalisa Giacinti. @labournettv @noajaari @annalisagiaci @miah.alonsoh @line.orane.zoe

WORKERS’ SUMMER: CHAPTER 2  Migrant Workers Counter-Powering Exploitation. This second chapter from the AWC’s selection on labournet.tv focuses on today’s globalized economy, where the exploitation of migrant workers remains a pressing issue. Despite advancements in labor rights and regulations, many companies continue to prioritize profit over human dignity, leading to widespread abuses, especially affecting those at the bottom of the production chain. The short films selected for this chapter underscore the urgent need for stronger labor protections, greater corporate accountability, and international solidarity to combat the exploitation of migrant workers. The stories from China, Spain, and Germany serve as a stark reminder of the ongoing fight for workers’ rights and the critical importance of addressing these injustices in our interconnected world. Brought together by a shared interest in making visible workers’ history and labor’s current struggles, AWC in cooperation with labournet.tv, a collective and an online archive of films from labor movements worldwide, has selected a variety of films addressing current and historical working conditions, migration fluxes, and forms of self-organization. WATCH THE SECOND CHAPTER at the link in bio This collaboration is facilitated by Noa Jaari, Mia Ribeiro Alonso, Line Lange, and Annalisa Giacinti. @labournettv @noajaari @annalisagiaci @miah.alonsoh @line.orane.zoe

WORKERS’ SUMMER: CHAPTER 1 Historical Tools and Contemporary Labor Struggles Brought together by a shared interest in making visible workers’ history and labor’s current struggles, AWC in cooperation with labournet.tv, a collective and an online archive of films from labor movements worldwide, has selected a variety of films addressing current and historical working conditions, migration fluxes, and forms of self-organization. The selected films, presented on AWC and labournet.tv channels, highlight axes of oppression that cross, situated struggles, and illustrate the interconnectedness between unprotected workers’ rights, restrictions on trade union organization, and the extent of exploitation - especially of migrant and women workers. We open the selection with a focus on the landscape of contemporary labor conditions and struggles triggered by the curtailment of workers rights from the 70s until nowdays. WATCH THE FIRST SELECTION at the link in bio This collaboration is facilitated by Noa Jaari, Mia Ribeiro Alonso, Line Lange, and Annalisa Giacinti. @labournettv @noajaari @annalisagiaci

Save the date: Durchluften und niemals die Kolonisierung normalisieren! 18.07-10.08 Mit: Ustad Noor Bakhsh | Balochistan, Pakistan / @noorbenju Bia Ferreira | Brazil @igrejalesbiteriana Y-Bayani & Baby Naa And The Band of Enlightenment, Reason & Love | Saltpond, Ghana / @y.bayani.and.baby.naa  Dominique Fils Aimé | Montreal, Canada | Haiti  / @sing.with.mi Emel (Mathlouthi) | Tunisia | U.S.A. / @emelmathlouthi Mark Ernestus’ Ndagga Rhythm Force | Dakar, Senegal / @markernestus BIXIGA 70 | São Paulo, Brazil / @bixiga70 Curator: Melissa Perales / @msoundtrack @humboldtforum