On being comrades
On a night out drinking and suffering from the resulting inebriated disposition, Karl Marx and his friends Edgar Bauer and Wilhelm Liebkneckt started smashing up a number of street lanterns using a pile of...
Nein, Nyet, No: a brief history of jazz, rock & roll, race and repression
Mitch Mitchell takes a look at the music that made racists and rulers come out in hives.
Review: ‘Salt of the Earth’ 60th Anniversary release
Joe Sabatini re-examines the 1951 film 'Salt of the Earth' and argues for its contemporary relevance and importance.
"Anything worth learning hurts, these changes come with pain."
2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the release of...
The Other Side of the Commonwealth: ‘Emancipation Acts’ Review
Christine Bird reviews a new performance exploring Scottish links to slavery
Who knew that Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art is housed in the 18th century mansion of tobacco merchant William Cunninghame? There is not so...
Why does Michael Gove hate Blackadder?
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Britain declaring war on Germany in the the First World War. Cameron, Gove and others want us to remember it as "just war". But Matthew Cookson argues that...
Malevich: new art for a new world
Lois JC (Brixton) reviews the Tate Modern's new show
Malevich: Revolutionary of Russian Art at the Tate Modern is the first retrospective of the Russian avant garde artist Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) in 25 years.
The exhibition illustrates,...
Review: Skylight
Jack Farmer looks at the current revival of David Hare's political play.
It's perhaps unsurprising that David Hare's Skylight has been revived now, 18 years after its debut. At its heart, this is a play...
Ritzy benefit video: “You don’t get me, I’m part of the union!”
Over a hundred people packed into The Grosvenor in Stockwell last night for the Ritzy strike benefit. The Ritzy workers have taken nine days of strike action so far and are looking to take...
Get organised! A guide from Ritzy and Curzon workers
In the past few months the strikes at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton and the growing campaign at Curzon cinema for the Living Wage have been an inspiration for those questioning how we can...
“Please boycott us!”: a report from the Ritzy’s 8th strike day
Today Ritzy workers launched their Boycott Picturehouse campaign after another successful strike day. Lois and Estelle report from the picket line:
Ritzy workers went into their eighth strike day today after an increased ballot for...