I Should Call Them: For singer Dua Saleh, the apocalypse is essentially an afterthought
The artist seems obliquely to acknowledge the potentially fatal threats that humanity faces while choosing to indulge in escapism and hedonism.
Erik Schreiber•
Tyson vs. Paul on Netflix and the degradation of American culture
The streaming service claimed some 65 million viewers around the globe watched the sickening spectacle that combined glorification of wealth with elder abuse.
Jacob Crosse•
Florida leads the US in the sharp rise in books banned in schools
Florida has nearly doubled the number of books it has removed from school libraries this year compared to 2023. This is an indication of the wave of censorship that the far right plans, which the Democrats will do nothing to block.
Sandy English•
Dahomey: “Our heritage comes back to make us ask questions”—but what are the questions?
The issue of the restitution of such artefacts as the token 26 statues to the Republic of Benin, so long rejected by the colonial powers, has now become entangled in broader geopolitical conflicts, with a few institutions now repatriating--or offering to repatriate—a handful as a public relations exercise.
Jean Shaoul•
Paul Mitchell•
Hong Jian•
Joanne Laurier•
Richard Phillips•
James Martin•
Sherwood, Season 2: A bad idea expanded
This is the reality of the world for Graham—not class conflict but how to get along in the system as it is. His references to contested political history are all the more offensive because he is so supine about how things are.
Paul Bond•
Relentless attempts to suppress the truth about Israeli crimes: Conflict at New York’s 92NY and, in the face of attacks, the Emmy victory of Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda
The relentless character of the homicidal Israeli-US war is accompanied by an equally relentless campaign to deny the reality of the genocide and shield the perpetrators.
David Walsh•
UK’s Prince Andrew and the 2019 BBC interview on his relations with Jeffrey Epstein: Scoop
The interview was intended by the prince’s handlers to limit the damage created by Andrew’s well-publicized relations with financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, by then already deceased.
David Walsh•
Reject IATSE sellout contract—Organize rank-and-file committees!
The two Memorandums of Agreement were released July 10 on IATSE websites, only four days before entertainment workers were scheduled to begin voting on the deals.
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Clare Hurley•
Cordell Gascoigne•
David Walsh•
Paul Bond•
Paul Bond•
H2: The Occupation Lab: Reality in the Occupied Territories
The film details the impact of fascistic Jewish settlers, backed by the Israeli military, on the Palestinian city of Hebron and its population.
Joanne Laurier•
Lee: New film examines the life of courageous World War II photographer Lee Miller
A complex and fiercely independent figure, Lee Miller reached her creative peak as a combat photographer and reporter during World War II.
Richard Phillips•
A few points about My Old Ass with Aubrey Plaza
The film, now streaming and popular with audiences, has certain strengths, including one quite moving scene but also banal and grating aspects.
David Walsh•
Agent of Happiness: People in this small South Asian country live in an economically unequal, unjust and oppressive society, why should they be happy?
The rich are satisfied with life, the aspiring petty bourgeois worries about his or her property and status, the workers and rural poor are overworked and angry.
David Walsh•
Verena Nees•
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
Jacob Crosse, Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
I Should Call Them: For singer Dua Saleh, the apocalypse is essentially an afterthought
The artist seems obliquely to acknowledge the potentially fatal threats that humanity faces while choosing to indulge in escapism and hedonism.
Erik Schreiber•
Pitchfork shocks many fans by announcing the end of its Chicago music festival: “Corporations ruin everything”
The demise of the Pitchfork Music Festival has provoked outrage, as attacks on art, culture and education escalate.
James Martin•
Grounded, a contemporary opera with an anti-war theme, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera
The subject of long-distance war crimes makes this an opera of vital importance.
Jesse Thomas•
Jazz saxophonist Benny Golson, known for his remarkable compositions, dies at 95
Golson was one of the few surviving jazz masters of the 1950s, a golden age during which the innovations of the 1940s, known as bebop, flowered into the swinging and accessible modern jazz.
John Andrews•
Erik Schreiber•
Erik Schreiber•
Fred Mazelis•
David Levine•
Jesse Thomas•
Aidan Beatty’s hackwork: The Israel-Zionist connection
The academic career of prominent DSA member Aidan Beatty, the author of a slanderous trash biography of long-time Trotskyist leader Gerry Healy, has been funded by Zionist institutions and Israeli-state sources.
Andrea Peters•
A comment on David North’s review: Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
The following letter was sent by Steve Long, a former member of the Socialist Labour League/Workers Revolutionary Party who writes for the World Socialist Web Site as Stefan Steinberg.
Steve Long•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
Book Review: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Contemporary lessons from the slave power’s plot to overturn the 1860 election
Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today.
Eric London•
Emma Arceneaux•
Fred Mazelis•
Tom Peters•
James McDonald•
Eric London•
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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