“To the Memory of Sergei Esenin” by Leon Trotsky
100 years since the death of Russian poet Sergei Esenin
The suicide of popular Russian poet Sergei Esenin generated an outpouring of shock and grief throughout the USSR and beyond.
Trump announces creation of the “Trump Kennedy Center” in latest assault on democracy and culture
The renaming of the Kennedy Center is part of a wider authoritarian assault on democratic rights, critical art and public culture.
Linda Rios•
Australia: Artists expose devastating impact of government funding cuts
Prolonged funding cuts and bureaucratic restructuring measures are systematically undermining Australia’s arts sector, devastating artists, and cultural institutions.
Kaye Tucker, Richard Phillips•
British playwright, screenwriter Tom Stoppard (1937-2025): Dazzling, erudite, damaged by history
His identification of Marxism and communism with the repression of its Stalinist distortions hampered his work. He exemplified the intellectual crisis of the later 20th century.
Paul Bond•
David Walsh, Sandy English•
David Walsh•
Stefan Steinberg•
Lee Parsons•
David Walsh•
Trump denounces actor-director Rob Reiner as “very bad for our country” following tragic killings
Reiner has been a household name in the US since his days on the immensely popular situation comedy "All in the Family" in the 1970s.
David Walsh•
Netflix takes over Warner Bros. Discovery in $82.7 billion deal
The acquisition poses a serious threat to entertainment workers, undermining creative labor and endangering art and cultural expression.
Marc Wells•
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War
Their testimonies are first-hand accounts of war crimes perpetrated by the self-proclaimed “the most moral army in the world”, flatly contradicting the IDF’s insistence that it operates in accordance with international law and takes measures to minimise civilian harm in its genocidal assault on Gaza.
Jean Shaoul•
Apocalypse in the Tropics: A limited analysis of religion and politics in Brazil
The documentary has attracted an audience seeking to understand the rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil, but it ignores the role played by the Workers Party (PT) of President Lula.
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Marc Wells•
David Walsh•
Russians at War: An honest portrayal of the people inside Russia’s military
Trofimova’s documentary rejects the bogus narrative peddled by US imperialism and its Canadian and European allies about “Putin’s unprovoked war,” and gives voice to the ordinary Russian soldiers the Western media has systematically dehumanized.
Lee Parsons•
Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt: Zero net displacement on a flat plane
It sets out the various sides in an episode where a sexual assault has been alleged with such even-handedness that drawing larger conclusions is challenging.
David Walsh•
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein: The latest film interpretation of Mary Shelley’s novel
Del Toro’s Frankenstein is a visually imaginative work to some extent with a number of urgent and disturbing sequences and an overall gravitas.
Joanne Laurier•
Nuremberg: Where does fascist barbarism come from?
The film gives a largely accurate account of the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-46, but it seeks the cause of the Nazis’ crimes in their individual psychology.
Sandy English•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Jean Shaoul•
Stefan Steinberg, Peter Schwarz•
Erik Schreiber•
Five countries boycott Eurovision Song Contest protesting inclusion of Israel
It is highly likely that there will be further boycotts of next year’s contest, given that Israel is a global pariah.
Robert Stevens, Paul Mitchell•
Legendary Stax Records guitarist Steve Cropper (1941-2025)
The death of Booker T. & the M.G.s’ guitarist Steve Cropper is something of an end of an era for soul and rock and roll.
James Brewer•
English folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy: An appraisal of his six-decade career
Carthy has always seen folk as reflecting social life and conditions, so has never shied away from social and political issues.
Paul Bond•
As part of anti-Russian hysteria, Dutch venue cancels scheduled concert by renowned pianist Elisabeth Leonskaya
Officials have become entangled in the campaign to justify war against Russia and a new imperialist slaughter.
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Fred Mazelis•
Erik Schreiber•
Kevin Reed•
Fred Mazelis•
The centenary of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy
The most serious artists in the 1920s and early 1930s anticipated or often even assumed that society was proceeding to a new and higher stage.
David Walsh, Sandy English•
A lawyer’s account of his struggle on behalf of a victim of the “war on terror”
Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay
Jaber Mohammed, only one among hundreds of prisoners who faced a similar fate, lost five years of his life to a regime of abuse and torture, part of the imperialist reaction to the 9/11 attacks.
Fred Mazelis•
Peter Oborne’s Complicit: Britain’s role in the destruction of Gaza
While Oborne offer a biting and passionate critique of the UK’s support for Israel and complicity in its genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza, his disgust and moral outrage is no substitute for explaining its causes.
Jean Shaoul•
Interview with Brian Goldstone, author of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America: “In America right now, a low-wage job … is homelessness waiting to happen”
Goldstone’s book documents the lives of five families trapped by low-wage work and homelessness in Atlanta.
James McDonald•
Tom Mackaman•
Clara Weiss•
Sandy English•
James McDonald•
Clara Weiss•
Film director Prasanna Vithanage discusses Paradise with the WSWS
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
Richard Phillips•
Interview with Hany Abu-Assad, Palestinian filmmaker (Paradise Now, Omar): “Gaza is the Bastille of our day … a lot is going to change”
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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