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Journal review: Stalin – what does the name stand for?

17 May 2016 / 443

Andrew Warburton reviews the Spring issue of the Marxist journal Crisis and Critique, which focuses on art, music and culture in the Soviet Union under Stalin. One... Continue reading

Andrew Warburton

Visual Arts

A protest against injustice: the art of Mona Hatoum

14 May 2016 / 335

Christine Lindey reviews an exhibiton by Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern, London. Mona Hatoum manages the rare feat of creating art about politics and the human condition... Continue reading

Christine Lindey

Poetry

Let the poet lift a hammer: the prophetic poetry of Fred Voss

12 May 2016 / 694

“I want to change the world, I want to strike the spark or kick the pebble that will start the fire or the avalanche that will change... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Poetry

I believe in the common man: an interview with Fred Voss

12 May 2016 / 670

When I asked Fred Voss if we could do an interview by email, little did I know what would happen. In response to my prosaic questions, he... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Fiction

Radical reading and radical writing: remaking children’s literature

12 May 2016 / 406

Professor Kim Reynolds introduces radical children’s literature, and says the time has come when children can become radical writers as well as radical readers. Many people think of... Continue reading

Kim Reynolds

Short story: Snig

9 May 2016 / 329

Snig was always losing things. One day he lost his hat. The next day he lost his umbrella. When he put things down, he forgot where he... Continue reading

Andy Croft

Theatre

Making Sense of Shakespeare

5 May 2016 / 387

In Part Two of his series, Professor Gabriel Egan considers how the sense of words and phrases shifts across time and cultures, and how we can still... Continue reading

Gabriel Egan

Religion

Jesus, tribune of the people, ascends to heaven

4 May 2016 / 390

May 5th is Ascension Day in the Christian calendar. Andrew Brown proposes a radical linterpretation of the story, first suggested by the Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch. Introductory... Continue reading

Andrew Brown

Sport

Hillsborough and the policing of working class sport

4 May 2016 / 348

Professor Michael Lavalette argues that the police treament of working class fans at Hillsborough, and the subsequent extensive cover ups, were typical of the way working class... Continue reading

Michael Lavalette

Poetry

A protest march

29 April 2016 / 348

A Protest March after the painting by L. S. Lowry, 1959 Get out of the road, dogs! They’re coming, marching but this lot aren’t from the... Continue reading

Catherine Graham

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