Amid economic disaster for performers, SAG-AFTRA kicks out hundreds of members over unpaid dues
As of November 1, the union reinstated its regular dues enforcement and membership rules.
David Walsh•
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•
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•
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•
David Walsh•
Lee Parsons•
Joanne Laurier•
Paul Mitchell•
Tom Mackaman•
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•
German political satire show Die Anstalt bows to censorship in its 100th edition
The censorship by ZDF management of a song by Danger Dan and Igor Levit calling for resistance against the AfD provoked no storm of outrage from the programme's hosts.
Peter Schwarz•
Ed Hightower•
Paul Bond•
Matthew Brennan•
Isabel Roy, David Walsh•
Isabel Roy•
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•
Veteran Sri Lankan director Prasanna Vithanage’s Children of the Sun and Flowers of the Sky now screening on Australian television
Vithanage’s films are distinguished by their sensitivity to the social and class relations in Sri Lanka, past and present.
Richard Phillips•
Verena Nees•
Saman Gunadasa•
Stefan Steinberg•
Thomas Scripps•
David Walsh•
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 Five
Part five of a 10-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•
2 syndicalists gut the 1926 General Strike of its political lessons—Part One
The book contains just one mention of the strike’s most significant and farsighted contemporary observer, Leon Trotsky. Joseph Stalin, whose policy destroyed any potential for a revolutionary road forward for the working class, does not appear once.
Thomas Scripps•
Hakim Adi’s “Pan-Africanism and Communism”: A pro-Stalinist attempt to erase the Trotskyist alternative — Part Four
Part four of a 10-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•
Hakim Adi’s “Pan-Africanism and Communism”: A pro-Stalinist attempt to erase the Trotskyist alternative — Part Three
Part three of a 10-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•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Kipchumba Ochieng•
Tom Mackaman•
Katja Rippert, Johannes Stern•
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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