@neilmackay.bsky.social
Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social Made in Ireland, found in Scotland MDANT🎖️ AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
@neilmackay.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.socialWhatever happened to political protest music?
Has music lost its rage? Where have all the angry songs gone?
I explore rock and revolution and find out why the likes of Ed Sheeran are scared to speak out - and who the artists are manning the barricades.
My long read in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
@neilmackay.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.socialWhich bands or singers switched you on politically? For me it was Stiff Little Fingers, The Specials and the Dead Kennedys.
In my long read, I explore protest music and why it seems to have almost died out in the 2020s with academic and music writer Gregor Gall.
@neilmackay.bsky.socialThanks mate
@neilmackay.bsky.socialHello there, sorry you’re having trouble. I think this link should take you to the subscription page. If not I’m sure someone can help @heraldscotland.bsky.social … maybe @derekmcarthur.bsky.social if he is on today? Apologies again. Thanks for supporting our journalism. Best. Neil
@neilmackay.bsky.socialWhich bands or singers switched you on politically? For me it was Stiff Little Fingers, The Specials and the Dead Kennedys.
In my long read, I explore protest music and why it seems to have almost died out in the 2020s with academic and music writer Gregor Gall.
@neilmackay.bsky.socialWhatever happened to political protest music?
Has music lost its rage? Where have all the angry songs gone?
I explore rock and revolution and find out why the likes of Ed Sheeran are scared to speak out - and who the artists are manning the barricades.
My long read in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
@gregorgall.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social@heraldscotland.bsky.social @neilmackay.bsky.social Interviewed by Neil MacKay on the state of protest pop today in the Herald on Sunday: Where have all the protest singers gone?
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2662566...
@neilmackay.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.socialLive-streamed public executions by firing squad: how low can barbarian America go?
America is lost. It’s so morally debased it can’t be saved. Only its collapse will lead to redemption.
Until then, every civilised nation on Earth should turn its back on this pariah.
👇👇
@neilmackay.bsky.socialMost 2026 story ever
@neilmackay.bsky.socialNo it’s not, and I’ll write how I choose to write
@krassenstein.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social
@williamhaugh.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social
@paleofuture.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.socialThis would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
@allymaciver.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social
@charlielynch.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social“Nairn’s films were strange affairs. He worked at a time when television was not formulaic, and had yet to be hikacked by morons; when some executives could actually read and write, and producers had great autonomy.” www.theoldie.co.uk/article/jona...
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.socialKeep your Great British lawn and your garden borders secure with the… WEEPING TOMMO™ From the new Private Eye, out now.
@coldwarsteve.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social
@scotlandscomrade.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social
@carolmac80.bsky.socialReposted by @neilmackay.bsky.social
