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Joti Brar and Garland Nixon episode 13: Bourgeois elections
Capitalism’s brutal treatment of the oppressed masses is nothing new – but workers in the imperial core often live in ignorance of the worst of its crimes.
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Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase
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Heroic people of Gaza continue to resist murderous infamy
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Keith Bennett: Harpal Brar’s tireless efforts to unite Marxism with the masses
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Starmer’s army
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The fight against bureaucracy in the Soviet Union under Stalin
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A visit with Isabel Crook, lifelong soldier of the revolution
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Book: Identity Politics or Class Politics?
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The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’
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Joti Brar interview: ‘We are links in the long chain of revolution’
Socialist realism highlights
Culture / Art has a side – and we must take ours
In defence of socialist realism and a culture of the working class.
Books / Arun Som: translation genius who brought Soviet books to Bengali masses
After a decades-long pause, publishers in India are now reissuing Bengali translations of great Soviet works of literature and science in large numbers.
Working-class history / Book review: The East Was Read by Vijay Prashad
An excellent collection that reminds us of the urgent need for a cultural renaissance amongst the working and oppressed masses.
Cuba / Alicia Alonso: architect of Cuba’s socialist ballet
A true daughter of the masses, whose talent and art was put at the service of the people and the building of a new society.
Film and TV / Film review: Joker
A real controversy, a true subversion, or merely a storm in a teacup?
Music / A worker reviews Shostakovich’s fifth symphony in concert
Shostakovich’s greatest triumph arose from Soviet life, reflecting its optimism and spirit.
USSR / An introduction to the life and times of Maxim Gorky
Celebrating 150 years since the birth of the great Soviet writer and pioneer of socialist realism.
Culture / Promotion of proletarian culture
The battle for culture is a vital front in the class war. Promoting proletarian art is part of building a revolutionary consciousness among workers in Britain.
USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: Principles underlying Soviet literature and art pt 2
Part two of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.
USSR / October 100: The Red Army choir
Culture by and for the people, uplifting hearts and spirits, and reinforcing the struggle for socialism.
USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: On the principles underlying Soviet literature and art
Part one of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.
USSR / Soviet ballet: dancing the heritage of humanism
How socialist realism, serving the people, sparked unparalleled creativity.
Books / Ian McEwan’s White Tooth
The thinking woman’s Ruth Rendell.