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
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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
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
The Guardian recently ran an article on plagiarism in poetry by Will Storr. Andy Croft, author of two very widely read and influential articles on Culture Matters, The Privatisation of Poetry and Poetry Belongs to... Continue reading
The Trouble with Monsters by Chris Norris Quick way with monsters: send a hero outFor mortal combat: sometimes he’ll prevailAnd kill the beast, while other times he’ll... Continue reading
Daniel Clarkson Fisher reviews Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, and discusses the moral obligations of the artist, the WW2 combat genre, and the potential for a ‘truly radical flowering’... Continue reading
Greg Godels traces John Coltrane’s revolutionary music against its 60s background of class conflict and Black liberation struggles. John Coltrane died fifty years ago this past July.... Continue reading
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