Attila The Stockbroker

<p class="MsoNormal">In this episode John Paul Kleiner (<a href= "https://gdrobjectified.wordpress.com/">GDR Objectified blog</a>) speaks with <a href= "http://attilathestockbroker.com/index.php">Attila the Stockbroker</a>, an English poet, musician and songwriter with roots in the punk movement and socialist politics. During his forty year career as independent artist, Attila has produced numerous albums and books and performed more than 3,800 shows including many in the GDR and, after unification, eastern Germany.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">In this conversation, Attila vividly recalls his visits to the East, the people whom he met there and aspects of the Workers and Peasants State which were an inspiration and other which left him disgusted.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Find Attila’s active Facebook page by <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/attilathestockbroker/">clicking here</a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Learn more about his books and albums on <a href= "https://attilathestockbroker.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There’s a great mini-doc of Attila done a few years back by filmmaker Farouq Suleiman that gives a great sense of his energy and art on YouTube <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAaaE8DFX7U">here</a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can hear poem and song “This is Free Europe” inspired by Attila’s experiences at a 1992 gig in Hoyerswerda <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zwhDPrbcGc">here</a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Glossary of terms<br /> <br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach">Laibach</a>: a Slovenian based music group / avant-garde art project which incorporates totalitarian aesthetics into a variety of musical styles to unsettling effect.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A-Levels: university qualifying exams for British secondary school students</p> <p class="MsoNormal">John Peel was a DJ for the BBC between 1967 and 2004 during which time he helped popularize a number of musical genres including psychedelic and progressive rock as well as punk.</p> <p clas