SAG-AFTRA bureaucracy purges the rank-and-file
Amid a shrinking industry, mass layoffs and the hollowing out of the health plan, SAG-AFTRA's bureaucracy purges hundreds of members over unpaid dues.
Marc Wells•
Patrick Stewart (1940-2026): A classical actor animated by his socialist convictions
Stewart’s identification of himself as an "absolute fundamental, emotional socialist" made him appealing to a younger audience being radicalised by their own experience.
Paul Bond•
KRANK Berlin (Berlin ER): A realistic hospital drama about profit and staff shortages
Hit television productions in several countries are portraying health systems wrecked by cuts and commercialisation.
Markus Salzmann, Jan Ritter•
Obsession: Love turns deadly
The unexpectedly popular film taps into the crisis afflicting young people.
Carlos Delgado•
David Walsh•
Paul Bond•
Stefan Steinberg•
Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
Patrick Stewart (1940-2026): A classical actor animated by his socialist convictions
Stewart’s identification of himself as an "absolute fundamental, emotional socialist" made him appealing to a younger audience being radicalised by their own experience.
Paul Bond•
The fifth and final season of Babylon Berlin—strengths and weaknesses
The final season excels in the sphere of production values, atmosphere and acting performances but fails miserably to deal with the central political question: How could Hitler have been prevented from taking power?
Stefan Steinberg•
Britain’s Gaza Secrets Exposed: Governments buried war crimes to protect Israel and the arms trade
Channel 4’s Dispatches investigation represents a rare break with the silence and evasions that have characterised the British media’s coverage of Gaza
Paul Mitchell•
My Brilliant Career: Netflix’s caricature of a classic Australian novel
The new series bears only a limited resemblance to Miles Franklin’s portrait of the harsh realities facing small farmers and their families in the late nineteenth century.
Kaye Tucker, Richard Phillips•
Peter Schwarz•
Ed Hightower•
Paul Bond•
Matthew Brennan•
Isabel Roy, David Walsh•
Obsession: Love turns deadly
The unexpectedly popular film taps into the crisis afflicting young people.
Carlos Delgado•
Paul Greengrass’ The Uprising: Revolt against intolerable conditions in the past—and present
Pandemic, war, economic crisis, the machinations of the ruling class, revolt—these are timely matters. To find a film echoing them is significant.
Paul Bond•
UK release of Naza: “A marriage between investigative journalism and cinema” exposing Israel’s crimes in Gaza
During a panel discussion at the film’s London launch, Paul Lewis exposed the incoherence of the Netanyahu regime’s response to Naza. On the one hand, the government claims the film is “false”, “misrepresentative”, and full of lies. On the other hand, Netanyahu argues that those appearing in it should be prosecuted for revealing state secrets.
Paul Mitchell•
Manhunt: A dark tale of violence that provides little illumination
The film focuses on two teenagers without presenting the social context that could explain why they are drawn to the far right.
Erik Schreiber•
Richard Phillips•
Verena Nees•
Saman Gunadasa•
Stefan Steinberg•
Thomas Scripps•
Peter Gelb of the Met Opera continues his campaign for the proxy war in Ukraine
Gelb has been in the forefront of the anti-Russian campaign ever since 2022.
Fred Mazelis•
American soprano Martina Arroyo has died at the age of 90
The singer came from a Puerto Rican working-class background and was known not only for her beautiful voice but also for the warmth of her personality.
Fred Mazelis•
Oracle comes to the “rescue” of the Nashville Symphony
The company has come up with $10 million, the equivalent of pocket change for its multibillionaire owner, to ensure that the coming season of the symphony goes ahead.
Fred Mazelis•
“Music City” without an orchestra as Nashville Symphony suspends its season in face of financial crisis
The highly regarded Nashville Symphony is suspending the rest of its 2026-27 season due to lack of funding.
Shannon Jones•
Shannon Jones•
Marc Wells•
Erik Schreiber•
James Brewer•
James Brewer•
Hakim Adi’s “Pan-Africanism and Communism”: A pro-Stalinist attempt to erase the Trotskyist alternative — Part Eleven
This is the eleventh and concluding part of a series reviewing British historian Hakim Adi’s book on the Communist International and Africa. It examines how the book erases Leon Trotsky’s role in founding the International and his theory of Permanent Revolution.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Hakim Adi’s “Pan-Africanism and Communism”: A pro-Stalinist attempt to erase the Trotskyist alternative — Part Ten
This is the tenth part of an 11-part series reviewing British historian Hakim Adi’s book on the Communist International and Africa. It examines how the book erases Leon Trotsky’s role in founding the International and his theory of Permanent Revolution.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Hakim Adi’s “Pan-Africanism and Communism”: A pro-Stalinist attempt to erase the Trotskyist alternative — Part Nine
Part nine of a 11-part series on British historian Hakim Adi’s book on the Communist International and Africa examines how it erases Leon Trotsky’s role in founding the International and his theory of Permanent Revolution.
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Two syndicalists gut the 1926 General Strike of its political lessons—Part Three
Airy optimism about “the next surge” is cover for an anti-Marxist perspective, in this case syndicalism, foreclosing a principled and scientific answer to the strategic questions confronting the working class.
Thomas Scripps•
Thomas Scripps•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Thomas Scripps•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
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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