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The global drug pandemic, police supremacism and the corruption of film-makers

22 June 2020 / 397

Dennis Broe focuses on the global drug pandemic, dealt with in different ways in three new series Three new series deal variously with the drug pandemic,... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

TV, internet and other media

Covid-19 and the ownership and control of the media

22 June 2020 / 371

Natalie Fenton points to the need for less concentrated ownership and more democratic control of the media, in the wake of the Covid-ap pandemic. The media are vital... Continue reading

Natalie Fenton

Poetry

a break in the weather: flags, fascism, mourning, and the machinery of capitalism

20 June 2020 / 366

a break in the weather by Fran Lock, with image by Steev Burgess even the dogs, distended with heat. i wanted rain.women with their conscientious shopping washedaway.... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

I am Road, I am Mother, I am a Better Person Now, I am Failed

18 June 2020 / 339

I am Road, I am Mother, I am a Better Person Now, I am Failed words and image by Jane Burn So I have this ache (suddenly)... Continue reading

Jane Burn

Books

A Kist of Thistles

15 June 2020 / 322

A Kist of Thistles: An anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Scotland, edited by Jim Aitken, with images by Fiona Stewart. 196 pps. ISBN: 978-1-912710-32-4 A Kist... Continue reading

Mike Quille

Visual Arts

Statues also die

13 June 2020 / 326

Dennis Broe reflects on the recent attacks on European colonialism and support shown to Black Lives Matter, through the defacement and removal of statues The first week... Continue reading

Dennis Broe

TV, internet and other media

When Channel 4 was radical: a sketch of political and cultural alternatives

9 June 2020 / 345

Rod Stoneman looks back at the radical, risk-taking early days of Channel 4, as an example of a progressive alternative to mainstream, conservative media culture In its... Continue reading

Rod Stoneman

Cultural Commentary

A History of Ireland in 100 Words

9 June 2020 / 358

Luke Callinan reviews A History of Ireland in 100 Words by Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh and Gregory Toner, Royal Irish Academy, 320 pp, €19.99, ISBN: 9781911479185.... Continue reading

Luke Callinan

Poetry

All the Swings are Gone

9 June 2020 / 344

Karl Parkinson is a poet and novelist from north inner city Dublin. He is well known for his spoken word performances and videos, like the one at... Continue reading

Karl Parkinson

Films

Allegories of the end of capitalism

4 June 2020 / 391

Mike Wayne reviews Allegories of The End of Capitalism: Six Films on the Revolutions of Our Times, by Milo Sweedler, Zero Books 2020 Milo Sweedler’s book is an unfailingly... Continue reading

Mike Wayne

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