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Title: The Antifascist Funky Carnaval Edition
Hi folks.
Last Saturday we attended the first edition of the antifascist carnival in Lausanne, Switzerland. Carnaval populaire et déter – Contre la montée du fascisme. It was fantastic. Loved every second of it, except the time when we lost each other and i did not have a phone. I will draw energy from this event for months to come. (I hope)
This was the first demonstration, or parade, that i attended since the start of COVID-19–and my Long COVID. I was quite nervous, if my energy was going to hold, if i would crash afterwards or–even worse–if i’d catch a viral infection.
But so far *fingers crossed* it seems to have gone okay. I’ve only had a minor crash, mostly manifesting in muscular and skeletal pains. So far it seems as if the ffp2 mask that i/we wore at all times protected me–and us–just fine. Because almost no one else wore a mask, i saw maybe 5 people and most in the laughable blue ones. However i heard many people coughing.
Most carnivals these days are too big, too commercial or just plain lame. They carry only a shadow of the subversive and rebellious potential that they could have. But this carnival was different. It had wild costumes, dozens of Luigis, of course, and many Cthulhus, why?, good music, lots of smiling people (yes, i saw that because most people were unmasked) and dancing in the street.
I really hope this parade catches on and turns into a yearly ritual. We need such free expressions of joy and irreverence. Next year i hope there will even be a mask bloc!
The lack of masks is my only beef with this year’s event. Other than that 💯. No notes.
Just a few remarks on the audio collage: These days i am bit ambivalent to feature contrapoints, her politics are too bizarre now. But here quotes on QAnon and the “storm” were a match with Leftfield – Storms End. All storms end.
We are seeing many 5 year pandemic articles these days, most of them depressing, revisionist and past-tensing the pandemic. For me the overwhelming outcome is that i almost cannot believe what is happening. Like the Adam character in The Francise i often wonder if someone is pulling a joke on me. The 5 year Long COVID survey asked what the biggest grief was, for me it is the loss of community. The people i thought i could trust in a crisis turned out to be ableist assholes.
So here it is.
The latest SITV-audio collage.
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The tracklist: (music borrowed with all due respect to the artists):
01. Intro: Subhumans – Powergames. Samples from various songs and movies
02. Leftfield – Storms End
03. contrapoints – CONSPIRACY
04. Francesca Albanese Berlin Keynote on Gaza Genocide
05. Go Go Go feat. Nayla, SATURNZ – LET’S GO GO GO
06. WHY? – Good Friday (Boards of Canada Remix)
07. Ecce Vandal – Then There’s One
08. Kae/Kate Tempest – The Truth
09. The Franchise.s01e03 7
10. 5+ years of Long COVID and COVID-19 – Question Three: What are you grieving from the past five years?
13.12 Outro: DDM – Malatesta. Samples from movies
Images:
This was the bomb
The obligatory ACAB float
Lucha libre meets Pussy Riot
To find more photos and one video of the carnival.
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