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Socialist realism highlights

  • 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.

    24 Sep 2024 , Za Pobedu!
  • 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.

    26 Mar 2021 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    20 Dec 2019 , Lalkar
  • Film and TV / Film review: Joker

    A real controversy, a true subversion, or merely a storm in a teacup?

    2 Nov 2019 ,
  • Music / A worker reviews Shostakovich’s fifth symphony in concert

    Shostakovich’s greatest triumph arose from Soviet life, reflecting its optimism and spirit.

    21 Aug 2019 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    23 Jun 2019 , Lalkar
  • 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.

    12 Nov 2018 ,
  • USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: Principles underlying Soviet literature and art pt 2

    Part two of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.

    23 Oct 2018 , Lalkar
  • USSR / October 100: The Red Army choir

    Culture by and for the people, uplifting hearts and spirits, and reinforcing the struggle for socialism.

    25 Aug 2018 , Proletarian
  • USSR / Andrei Zhdanov: On the principles underlying Soviet literature and art

    Part one of a biography of an extraordinary servant of the proletariat.

    1 Aug 2018 , Lalkar
  • USSR / Soviet ballet: dancing the heritage of humanism

    How socialist realism, serving the people, sparked unparalleled creativity.

    27 Jun 2018 , Proletarian
  • Books / Ian McEwan’s White Tooth

    The thinking woman’s Ruth Rendell.

    1 Aug 2012 , Proletarian

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Socialist realism video

  • British politics / Comrade Joti interviewed by Caleb Maupin

    ‘The fundamental contradiction in the world today is between imperialism and the oppressed countries.’

    3 Nov 2019,
  • Culture / Soviet ballet: dancing the classical heritage of humanism

    Dance historian Christina Kostoula explains how ballet was put into the service of the people in the socialist Soviet Union.

    16 Dec 2018, Proletarian TV

Socialist realism theory

  • Culture / Deepening party work in the cultural sphere

    The struggle for socialism is not only a political and economic struggle but also a cultural and educational one.

    27 Apr 2025,
  • Housing / Housing and architecture in the Soviet Union

    A variety of housing was built for working people designed to reflect the varied character, climate and context of the vast territories of the USSR.

    15 Apr 2019, Lalkar

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    We must build our organisation and connect it to the masses

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