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Time to take art back from the capitalists: a brief history of art and artwashing

15 February 2018 / 323

Stephen Pritchard outlines a brief history of art, property and artwashing, and calls on us to take art back from the capitalists – in all their guises. Art... Continue reading

Stephen Pritchard

TV, internet and other media

Peaky Blinders and the Real Jessie Eden

14 February 2018 / 391

Graham Stevenson reports on the recent Real Jessie Eden event in Birmingham, including Dave Puller’s new poem on Jessie. Over 60 people crowded into the upstairs room... Continue reading

Graham Stevenson

Films

Marx at the Movies

14 February 2018 / 373

To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx this year, John Green gives a brief outline of some of the influences of Marxist thought on... Continue reading

John Green

Fiction

This harp shall never be silent: Tomás Mac Síomóin at 80

13 February 2018 / 341

Jenny Farrell marks Tomás Mac Síomóin’s birthday on 19 February with an essay on this subversive, internationalist writer, who translated the Communist Manifesto into Irish, satirises contemporary neoliberal... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

In Praise of Communism

9 February 2018 / 349

The outstanding German communist playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898, 120 years ago. To celebrate the anniversary, Jenny Farrell has sent us one... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Films

200 years young

6 February 2018 / 383

Scott McLemee reviews The Young Karl Marx, which, on the eve of 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth, contains themes of economic crises and inequalities that remain relevant... Continue reading

Scott McLemee

Poetry

……and its name is Communism

1 February 2018 / 452

On the 170th anniversary of the publication of the Communist Manifesto, Jenny Farrell introduces Brecht’s poetic re-writing of the Communist Manifesto, with its ‘spectre of communism, which... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Visual Arts

Cultural democracy: Revolt and Revolutions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

31 January 2018 / 361

Mike Quille reviews an involving, stimulating exhibition which encourages the growing appetite for cultural democracy. The recent appointment of Elisabeth Murdoch to Arts Council England was yet... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Music

Wearing Civil Rights militancy on record sleeves

31 January 2018 / 362

To mark the anniversary of the birthday of Rosa Parks, Phil Brett examines the impact of Civil Rights militancy on the sleeves of soul and funk albums.... Continue reading

Phil Brett

Poetry

The Communist Hypothesis: ten lessons from Alain Badiou

30 January 2018 / 605

The Communist Hypothesis: ten lessons from Alain Badiou by Chris Norris We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign... Continue reading

Chris Norris

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