par De Cleen, Benjamin 
Référence International journal of cultural studies, 12, 6, page (577-595)
Publication Publié, 2009-11
Référence International journal of cultural studies, 12, 6, page (577-595)
Publication Publié, 2009-11
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | On 1 October 2006 - one week before the municipal elections - the 0110 concerts 'for tolerance, against racism, against extremism, against gratuitous violence' were held in the Belgian cities of Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent and Charleroi. With these concerts the organizers wanted to make a statement against the extreme right Flemish-nationalist party Vlaams Belang (VB). This article looks at the discourse of the artists organizing and participating in the concerts, and at how this was communicated through the concerts, and asks how the VB reacted to 0110. The key to understanding this discursive struggle is populism. After discussing the VB and earlier anti-racist initiatives in Belgium from the perspective of populism, the article presents the results of a discourse analysis of the external communication of the VB and of the 0110 organization, of press coverage of 0110, and of the live coverage of the concerts. It discusses three issues that were central to the struggle between 0110 and the VB: the relationship between 0110 and (institutionalized) politics, the discourse of tolerance, and the participation of popular artists. © The Author(s), 2009. |
