Download PDF Norrie Paton introduces this well-known pamphlet by J. R. Campbell, Robert Burns: The Democrat, which was first published in 1945, and has now been republished by... Continue reading
Mike Quille reviews an exhibition of photographs of the shipbuilding industry on Tyneside. In honour of the shipyard workers of Tyneside, Chris Killip recently gave a set... Continue reading
Alejandro Hernandez digs out two important and interlinked political backstories from the Netflix movie Roma, about state-sponsored violence against progressive social movements, and how unequal class and... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell writes about Bertolt Brecht’s anti-war play “Mother Courage and Her Children”, first performed in Germany 70 years ago. The play has retained its relevance as... Continue reading
Jim Aitken presents an appreciation of the language, politics and class anger of Tom Leonard, and Peter Clive has contributed a poem about him, placed at the... Continue reading
Sugar Plum by Jan Woolf A winter’s day in 2008, in Dalston, London 6am Zeina wakes, and, remembering, keeps her body as still as she can. She... Continue reading
‘The most precious thing’ said Rosa Luxemburg, ‘in the sharp ebb and flow of the revolutionary waves is the proletariat’s spiritual growth.’ Jenny Farrell presents two letters by... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell reviews The Student, a modern Russian film which is now available on DVD. Russian cinema today explores capitalism against the backdrop of a past socialist... Continue reading
James Crossley writes about Jeremy Corbyn’s Christmas message. Christmas is a rare time when politicians can, without too much embarrassment, openly talk about issues relating to popular... Continue reading
In need of saints by Fran Lock no one else to share my slanted fate. god wasroutine unrelenting splendour; too fine and fara thing to help. nervous... Continue reading