Staring Back by Manash Firaq Bhattarcharjee The eye you see is notan eye because you see it;it is an eye because it sees you.~ Antonio Machado, ‘Proverbs... Continue reading
Julia Mickenberg discusses some recently published radical children’s literature. As Philip Nel and I suggested in “Radical Children’s Literature Now!“, the contemporary field of radical children’s literature... Continue reading
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