Socialist realism video
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Mao Zedong on contradiction
A masterly exposition of how to use dialectics to change the world, by the leader of the Chinese revolution.
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Marxism v liberalism: HG Wells talks to Stalin
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Labour party conference not a ‘safe space’ for women
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Workers in eastern Europe and former Soviet states prefer socialism
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Honduran masses reject neocolonial ‘private cities’ and demand sovereignty
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Channel 4’s The Promise breaks new ground for Palestine on British TV
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The IRA plan to kill Michael O’Dwyer
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Poem: Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh
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The infamous ‘antisemitic’ mural
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The reactionary nightmare of ‘gender fluidity’
Socialist realism highlights
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.