Graham Stevenson reports on the recent concert. Birmingham’s Clarion Singers, 77 years young this year, recently celebrated with an Autumn Concert with a full programme of songs... Continue reading
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Richard Clarke introduces some of the main Marxist insights into the nature and value of art, and its links to political and economic realities. Most Marxists would... Continue reading
Culture Matters has published a brilliant new collection of poetry called Muses and Bruises by Fran Lock, an activist, writer and illustrator, and one of the finest... Continue reading
Andy Croft reviews a new book out about the communist composer Alan Bush. The composer Alan Bush (1900-95) is usually described as a man of unresolved contradictions,... Continue reading
Doug Nicholls introduces a great new collection of political plays. Trade union struggles over the years have inspired some of our greatest playwrights. They have also inspired... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell introduces the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz, one of Germany’s greatest artists and sculptors, who produced unforgettable images of the violence, injustice and crimes against... Continue reading
Keith Flett outlines how market capitalism undermined the principle of a fair price for a pint of beer. The price of a pint of beer, or perhaps... Continue reading
Vignettes of Working Class Exhaustion by Fran Lock Malkin Sacred, not wise, the black cat’s acidcasualty stare, traversing a crumblingcul-de-sac, under a starlessly inkjet sky.We cross each... Continue reading
John Ellison sketches out the life of Maxim Gorky, the righteous, relentless witness of the revolution who evoked the wretchedness and terror of living under Tsarist violence.... Continue reading
Boff Whalley from the Commoners Choir was interviewed recently in the Morning Star. Here, he describes the background to the choir’s manifesto. ‘Surrealism asserts our complete nonconformism... Continue reading
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