Christine Lindey explains how the 1917 Russian Revolution inspired the transformation of the visual arts into instruments of popular liberation. “In the land of the Soviets every... Continue reading
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Like all artists, musicians enhance the quality of our lives, and expand the cultural commons which we need as much as the air we breathe. Chris Wood... Continue reading
What kind of cultural celebration, Mark Perryman asks, do the art and the politics of the Russian Revolution deserve? A century ago, on 23rd February 1917, Russian... Continue reading
Phil Brett enjoys the art at the RA exhibition, but not the simplistic and misleading commentary. Remember the fuss over the art of Hans Holbein the Younger... Continue reading
Chris Guiton analyses and discusses the importance of the concept of the cultural commons. In the 21st century we are witnessing the rapid encroachment by capitalism on... Continue reading
‘The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too’ said the aptly named Rose Schneiderman early in the last century. She was right, we all... Continue reading
Len Phelan reviews the Art of Solidarity. It’s hard to think of a more appropriate venue for Art of Solidarity, a marvellous exhibition of Cuban posters supporting... Continue reading
Sophie Coudray introduces Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed. This paper aims to clarify the original project of Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, which is a... Continue reading
David Betteridge introduces a drawing from Owen McGuigan which ‘takes a line for a walk’; and a song on the same theme of shipbuilding on Clydeside. Watching... Continue reading
A COVERLETOF GREEN by David Betteridge The bare and barren treecan be made green again…– Antonio Gramsci ¶ A boy cried.His bedside cup,brimful with milkbefore he slept,... Continue reading
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