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Mainstream media as Iago to our collective Othello

10 May 2022 / 406

Tayo Aluko writes about the mysterious case of a misidentified(?) Robeson portrait. Image above: Paul Robeson as Othello Once, many years ago, while touring the US, I... Continue reading

Tayo Aluko

Same old same old: Downton Abbey and the reactionary construction of exclusive Englishness

25 April 2022 / 291

Stuart Cartland argues that Downton Abbey is a conservative ideological vehicle that is far more than just a harmless, jolly romp With the upcoming release of the new Downton... Continue reading

Stuart Cartland

TV, internet and other media

The Bellyfeel of Paradise: Inside the Media Dome

18 April 2022 / 300

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Sometimes I hear... Continue reading

Caoimhghin O Croidheain

TV, internet and other media

Cancel Enid Blyton! The familiar, tired tropes of GB News and anti-Woke media

18 June 2021 / 283

Stuart Cartland on Conservative populism and anti-Woke TV: how the launch of GB News represents updated versions of familiar, tired tropes. GB News represents an updated version... Continue reading

Stuart Cartland

TV, internet and other media

Broadcasting and Beyond: proposals for progressive media

4 August 2020 / 356

Rod Stoneman outlines proposals for developing new, more radical and progressive media You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. It comes from... Continue reading

Rod Stoneman

TV, internet and other media

Take away their power: climate breakdown and the corporate media

23 June 2020 / 270

David Cromwell outlines the way the media is beholden to corporate capitalism, and calls for a radical democratisation of ownership and control of the broadcast and print... Continue reading

David Cromwell

TV, internet and other media

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

22 June 2020 / 346

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 / 322

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

TV, internet and other media

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

9 June 2020 / 303

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

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