Billy Bragg "Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy" was recorded 40 years ago this week Jennifer Sandlin

There is power in a union Billy Bragg joined striking nurses in England Jennifer Sandlin

ghost stories Billy Bragg tells a ghost story Jennifer Sandlin

Billy Bragg Remembering Kirsty MacColl on the anniversary of her death Jennifer Sandlin

Billy Bragg Michael Stipe, Natalie Merchant, and Billy Bragg sing a John Prine classic in this live performance from 1990 Jennifer Sandlin

music Singer/Songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed 19 years ago this week Séamus Bellamy

music Woody Guthrie posthumously teams up with Dropkick Murphys for an anti-Tory anthem Thom Dunn

john darnielle You can buy a life-sized cardboard of The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle for $69.97 Jennifer Sandlin

books "Where Are the Elephants?" is Leon Rosselson's memoir Elías Villoro

media Graham Norton said we should listen to trans people, so JK Rowling accused him of supporting "rape and death threats" and her fans hounded him off Twitter Rob Beschizza

music Morrissey just published a scathing open letter to Johnny Marr: "Stop using my name as click-bait" David Pescovitz

music Nearly 1000 Peel Sessions now available online Gareth Branwyn

copyright A federal judge declared that a famous song about public property is still private property Thom Dunn

woody guthrie Woody Guthrie's 1943 New Year's Resolutions are a powerful reminder to "Keep the hope machine running." Thom Dunn

england Friday Tunes: The Imagined Village Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants Terms and Conditions: the bloviating cruft of the iTunes EULA combined with extraordinary comic book mashups Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tribute album to help pay radical singer Anne Feeney's cancer bills Cory Doctorow

politics On 'ET,' host Nancy O'Dell addresses Donald Trump's sexual assault boasts Xeni Jardin