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•
Anti-genocide documentary Naza opens in the US, as Netanyahu government continues its attacks on the film
The film features interviews with two dozen members of the Israeli military who detail the AI systems and protocols by which the IDF target and murder civilians.
David Walsh•
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•
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s novel, Discipline, launched in London
Countering the myth of journalistic neutrality, Abdel-Fattah was at her most forceful. “What is the other side of [a child’s body] having more than 300 bullets?” she asked. “How can you talk of balance with children’s dismembered, decapitated bodies in plastic bags?”
Paul Mitchell•
Carlos Delgado•
Andrea Peters, Marc Wells•
Richard Phillips•
Marc Wells•
Philip Guelpa•
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•
The brainchild of Barack Obama: Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Comedian-writer Larry David has even less insight into the past than the present.
Ed Hightower•
David Attenborough at 100, an appreciation
Attenborough continues to explore new scientific opportunities and discoveries in covering all aspects of the natural world. His series are distinguished by a systematic approach, to groups of organisms or specific eco-systems, grounded in the history of science.
Paul Bond•
Matthew Brennan•
Isabel Roy, David Walsh•
Isabel Roy•
Paul Bond•
Isabel Roy•
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•
Fatherland: A moving film about Thomas Mann’s trip to Germany in 1949
In 1949, Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter, the actress, author, and cabaret artist Erika (Sandra Hüller), set out on a journey from Frankfurt am Main in the American occupation zone to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Verena Nees•
Riverstone: The routine face of Sri Lankan state murder
In a global cinema landscape dominated by trivia, cynicism and the industrial production of distraction, Rathnayake’s Sinhala-language drama is a serious and honest work.
Saman Gunadasa•
Stefan Steinberg•
Thomas Scripps•
David Walsh•
Andrea Peters•
David Walsh•
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•
Cleveland Orchestra musicians end 3-day strike as crisis deepens for US cultural institutions
Orchestras and other arts organizations are under sustained attack, as all available resources are being funneled to Wall Street and the US war machine.
Shannon Jones•
San Francisco Opera musicians strike against wage cuts, the attack on art and culture
The San Francisco Opera Orchestra strike is a struggle not simply for economic security but to defend arts and culture under attack by Democrats and Republicans.
Marc Wells•
Erik Schreiber•
James Brewer•
James Brewer•
Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
Video of Frankfurt book presentation: “The Ukraine War and the Fight for Socialism: The Case of Bogdan Syrotiuk”
The discussion between Mehring Verlag representative Katja Rippert and the book’s editor, Johannes Stern, editor-in-chief of the German-language edition of the World Socialist Web Site, is now available on video.
Katja Rippert, Johannes Stern•
From the Front Line, 1941-45
Vasily Grossman’s reporting on the Nazi-Soviet war
Although best-known for his major novels, Vasily Grossman's powerful social realism was rooted in his active involvement in the Red Army’s struggle against Nazism. His war-time writings are now presented in the most complete English edition to date.
Clara Weiss•
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•
Alexander Rabinowitch’s The Bolsheviks Survive: Petrograd 1919
The fourth and final volume of Rabinowitch’s books on the October Revolution in Petrograd is a major contribution to the history of the civil war.
Clara Weiss•
Tom Peters•
Ioan Petrescu•
Peter Symonds•
James McDonald•
Christoph Vandreier•
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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