Dennis Broe traces the history of the representation of labour on screen, and finds inspiration for celebrating May Day and continuing Marx’s struggle against capitalism. This is... Continue reading
Keith Flett considers the various references to the role beer played in the lives of Marx and Engels. There have been many and varied attempts over the... Continue reading
Tom Walker discusses how corporate profiteers are capturing a vital social resource – information about ourselves. How can we de-commodify our everyday lives and even our resistance?... Continue reading
Professor John Storey outlines Marx and Engels’ theoretical contributions to cultural theory. Although Karl Marx did not have a fully developed theory of culture, it is possible... Continue reading
Jenny Farrell salutes John Heartfield, the creator of political photomontage, who died fifty years ago. John Heartfield is one of the most important European artists. He works... Continue reading
What would a radical, socialist culture policy look like? Last September I reported on The World Transformed festival, organised by Momentum alongside the Labour Party conference in... Continue reading
Nick Wright discusses, art, anti-semitism, and anti-Corbynism. Labour is weathering a co-ordinated campaign which combines criticism of Corbyn’s policies and persona with an intensified drive to brand... Continue reading
Helen Pheby discusses the role of artists and cultural institutions in helping to change the world. On 20 February 2018, the UN World Day of Social Justice,... Continue reading
David Betteridge gives a personal account of reading Marx, with drawings by Bob Starrett. Fifty years ago, when I was training to be a teacher at Neville’s... Continue reading
John Ellison offers an appreciation of ‘News from Nowhere’, by William Morris. Opening salvo There can be no denying that the content of News from Nowhere, the... Continue reading