updated February 03, 2026
Paperclip Agency is the exclusive European agency for Sachal Vasandani
Since early 2022, Paperclip Agency is honored to be the exclusive European agency for Sachal Vasandani. The agency agreement runs until the beginning of 2028. For several months already there is confusion. A second party is claiming to represent Sachal for Europe, knowing that there is still a valid agency agreement between Sachal Vasandani and Paperclip Agency. Therefore this short note to clarify this matter towards all promoters.
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Hilde Spille writes:
Protest songs for empowerment
When I look at politics in the Netherlands and abroad, I often think that the world has gone crazy. No wonder that in the last couple of months I love to listen to protest songs. There are so many! Like Jimi Hendrix’s Star Spangled Banner at Woodstook, Ohio by Neil Young (here with Cosby, Stills, Nash and Young), Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine. Sometimes I discover songs that I know for ages, but never knew they were protest songs, like Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen. He just released another great brand new protest song: Streets of Minneapolis.
I’m happy to work for two female activist musicians. First, of course, Pussy Riot: Riot Days. A recent song from Pussy Riot is Swan Lake, against Russian State propaganda. In April they will come with their new “Riot Days” show to the Netherlands. The other one is Eljuri. She has been advocating for years for voter registration among Latin American communities in the US. Now she has an activism toolkit, available to everyone!
The media often show left-wing activism as more dangerous to democracy than right-wing aggression. But if you dig deeper, it is easy to see what is more destructive. The left wants power to the people and wants to improve democracy in that direction, the right wants power for a very few, destroying democracy in order to create a new elite, richer than ever, exploiting everyone and everything else to the core.
Protest songs are a great way to bring people together, to make us all realize that people have power!