Over a hundred years ago, during the first national railway stoppage in Britain, the military were called out in force to quell the strike. They were deployed... Continue reading
In the year of the CPB centenary, David Betteridge remembers Maurice Levitas, stalwart of the CPGB and a veteran of Cable St. and the Spanish Civil War... Continue reading
Martin Cloake, in the latest in the joint Morning Star/ Culture Matters series on the Covid-19 pandemic and cultural activities, considers its effects on football and what’s... Continue reading
Adam Stoneman discusses how public monuments and statues mask the arbitrariness of power. Above: the Edward Colston Statue (photo: Bristol City Council) “Great monuments are erected like dams, opposing... Continue reading
Edward Mackinnon shows how Brecht successfully integrated Marxist theory into his poetic practice “What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?” “In the dark timesWill there... Continue reading
Sean Ledwith reviews Tony McKenna’s latest book, Toward Forever: Radical Reflections on History and Art This is the third of Tony McKenna’s collections of essays in which... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell remembers Ethel Voynich, who died 60 years ago this month, and who wrote The Gadfly – An Irishwoman’s novel about revolutionaries Liam Mellows read this novel of... Continue reading
Phil Mellows muses on the need for more awareness of the value of pubs, places where neoliberal subjectivity and stress can be suspended. The painting is by... Continue reading
THE POETRY OF BERTOLT BRECHT “What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank?” “In the dark timesWill there also be singing?Yes, there will also... Continue reading
John R. Eperjesi outlines the connections between techno, COVID-19, and Black Lives Matter. The article is in memory of Mike Huckaby So we make music. We make music... Continue reading