Blog – Page 18 – Culture Matters

All Hail The Uni Party: Democans and Republicrats

14 March 2024 / 412

All Hail the Uni Party: Democans and Republicrats As the range of debate between the two parties in the U.S. shrinks, election season becomes a time of... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Poetry

Garden Walls

14 March 2024 / 348

Garden walls by Simon Haines Surround garden wallsshield from worldsto grow flower meadows and vegetableswholesomely in rich soil. But no protection from sniper firenor deafening kettled screamsnor... Continue reading

Simon Haines

Poetry

PREVENT

14 March 2024 / 374

PREVENT by Nick Moss, with cartoon above by Martin Gollan “They promote ideologies that go against our shared values; that encourage intolerance.” – PREVENT guidance “…in recent... Continue reading

Nick Moss

TV, internet and other media

Corporate and alternative media, now and in Los Angeles in the 1950s

8 March 2024 / 406

Dennis Broe discusses the opposition between corporate and alternative media, now and in the 1950s. Image above: Charlotta Bass, editor of The California Eagle Today with the wars on... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Visual Arts

International Women’s Day: Women’s Artistic Narratives in Times of War

7 March 2024 / 415

From its outset, International Women’s Day was characterized by the fight for peace, against militarism and war. At the Second International Conference of Socialist Women at Copenhagen... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

We Are the Workers

6 March 2024 / 342

We Are The Workers by Alan McGuire, with image above by Ehsan Ganji You find new muscles everyday.Emotions stay dead in place.We’re productive yet recyclable.We are the... Continue reading

Alan McGuire

Films

From Salford to Saltburn: Class, Privilege and the Screen Industries

5 March 2024 / 355

Jon Baldwin compares and contrasts Nobody Loves You and You Don’t Deserve to Exist with Saltburn. Image above by Paul Routledge, see here Nobody Loves You and... Continue reading

Jon Baldwin

Films

‘Americonned’ film review: how we’re conned by capitalism in the US and Britain

5 March 2024 / 410

Hi, my name is Brett Gregory, Associate Editor for the UK arts, culture and politics website, Culture Matters, and this is my review of Sean Claffey’s 2023... Continue reading

Brett Gregory

TV, internet and other media

The Way: confused resistance rather than class consciousness, in a muddled mix of genres

1 March 2024 / 424

Dennis Broe reviews The Way. Above image: Owen brandishing King Arthur’s sword – Mandalorian much? “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore,” about-to-be-fired news... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

Cultural Commentary

Class and Culture: Provocations for Cultural Democracy

28 February 2024 / 372

Dr. Fran Lock, shortlisted for the 2023 TS Eliot Poetry Prize, writes about ACE’s recent advice to cultural organisations, and the recent pamphlet Class And Culture: Provocations For... Continue reading

Fran Lock

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