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...
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: The Muslims are Coming!
Hsiao-Hung Pai reviews Arun Kundnani's latest book The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror (Verso, 2014)
In a period when racism is on the rise and the far right is...
Review: Playing the Whore
Becky Gardner reviews Melissa Gira Grant's book "Playing the Whore" (Verso, 2014). This review was originally published in the Summer 2014 edition of the rs21 magazine.
In her new book Playing the Whore, journalist...
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...
Marxism 2014 in review: “There are no new ideas”?
Rob Owen reviews the largest conference of the revolutionary left this year.
Marxism 2014, the annual political festival organised by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), maintained its place as the largest Marxist conference in the...
Review: Strike for America
Tomorrow over a million public sector workers will go on strike. Amy Gilligan reviews Micah Uetricht's recent book Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity which looks at how teachers in Chicago organised and...
The Masters, the Pastors and those they tread on: Review of ‘Jimmy’s Hall’ and...
Jonas Liston sees important statements about Ireland's present crisis in these examinations of it's past.
Both North and South Ireland have been at the sharp end of capitalism's current crisis, with all sections of its...
Remaking the Working Class and its Power
Ian Allinson summarises the key ideas in this useful book about workers' power.
Forces of Labor, Workers’ Movements and Globalization since 1870 by Beverly J Silver (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Forces of Labor was greeted with positive...
A View from the Bridge : A modern classic stripped to its tragic roots
Jack Farmer reviews a new production of Arthur Miller's play, currently running at the Young Vic
Director Ivo van Hove's production of A View from the Bridge strips away all distractions, distilling Arthur Miller's classic tragedy down...