PRIDE Month Special Episode!
“Under every skin, there is the same struggle going on,” says Mata Granata.
In a time of growing differences, what still connects us? How does class struggle reveal the urgency of understanding the moment we’re living in?

This Pride Month, we’re not just celebrating identities—we’re confronting the systems that oppress them.
No PRIDE in deportation.
No PRIDE in genocide.

Ženergija are honored to welcome a powerful voice of resistance:
Mata Granata – queer anarchist hip-hop musician and social worker.

You need to hear this! Mata’s music is raw, political, deeply personal—hip-hop that speaks of rage, love, survival, and solidarity. It’s queer. It’s anarchist. It’s love!

Mata Granata was born and raised in Zadar, Croatia. As a teenager, he discovered punk music, which led him to anarchist ideas and activism. Since then, he has helped found various anarchist collectives and initiatives, including the Network of Anarcho-Syndicalists and the Center for Anarchist Studies.He was vice-editor of Spektar, a student-run magazine banned by the state after tackling nationalism. At university, Mata became involved in feminist and queer activism,  organizing the first events of their kind in postwar Zadar. After moving to Vienna, Mata began working as a social worker—first with underage refugees, and for the past eight years in a shelter for homeless single mothers, many of whom are survivors of gender-based violence. In 2020, he launched his solo music project as a hip-hop MC, calling it “class struggle and queer anarchist hip-hop.” Since 2017, he’s also been singing with the leftist choir Hor 29. November.

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