Nick Wright reviews the current exhibition of banners produced by Hammersmith Communist Party in the 1930s, to help the Spanish Republic. Legend has it that while Picasso... Continue reading
PL Henderson introduces the #WOMENSART project, which demonstrates how women have continued to create art, often as radicals, rebels and pioneers, despite the social, cultural and economic... Continue reading
Jane Kallir focuses on the relationship of 1930s American artists to the Communist Party. In the 1930s, the Great Depression’s far-reaching economic impact lent credence to the Marxist... Continue reading
‘A model of clear thinking and informed comment’ – Nick Wright reviews the Imagine Moscow exhibition at the Design Museum. “The position is this: the ecstatic period... Continue reading
Peggy Deamer, on behalf of The Architecture Lobby, introduces their manifesto. As professionalized architecture eradicates the discourse of design as labor, it does so in capitalism’s favor,... Continue reading
This section of Culture Matters is about architecture, including its role in shaping our collective future. Chris Guiton offers a foundation essay on achitecture and socialism. Architecture is an... Continue reading
Revolutionary architecture should inspire us to take control of the built environment, says Nathan Akehurst Six visions of futures past, resurrected by London’s Design Museum in the exhibition... Continue reading
Tayo Aluko gives us the background to his one man show about Paul Robeson. I remember singing Deep River in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool at a... Continue reading
8th April is the 40th Anniversary of The Clash’s debut album. Mark Perryman reminds us what the 1977 punk and politics mix was all about. The birth of punk... Continue reading
John Ellison discusses Alexander Blok’s great poem The Twelve, and its links to the Russian Revolution. I came fresh, utterly fresh, to the most famous poem by... Continue reading