A recent documentary following the story of Shamima Begum and other former ISIS brides highlights the feelings of hopelessness that push young people into the arms of jihadi groups. Only the struggle for socialism can provide a real alternative.
US-based sitcom Superstore recently came to an end, after six series depicting the lives of workers at a giant retail company. Their efforts to fight back against the bosses will be all too familiar for exploited workers around the world today.
Cold-war spy thriller Deutschland paints a nihilistic picture about humanity’s future. Equating Communism with Stalinism, the show sees no alternative but the crisis-ridden capitalist system. We must fight for a real socialist alternative.
Left-wing economist Grace Blakeley’s latest book discusses what capitalism will look like as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. This senile system will increasingly rely on state support. The left must fight for a genuine socialist alternative.
Recent release ‘The Mauritanian’ depicts the brutal treatment inflicted upon prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, as part of the so-called ‘War on Terror’. As this film shows, the biggest terrorist of them all is US imperialism and the capitalist state.
Khaled Malachi reviews a recent film dramatising the life of Billie Holiday, which documents how state repression was used to crush the jazz singer and her defiant attitude towards the authorities.
With his latest series, renowned documentary maker Adam Curtis presents a garbled collection of stories, leaving the viewer none the wiser about the driving forces behind history. The bankruptcy of postmodernism and idealism are plain to see.
Rosamund Pike stars in a new film that highlights the superficial split between the different wings of the capitalist class. Whether armed with a smile or with the sword, both camps are ultimately out to exploit the working class.
A new film by director Shaka King tells the story of the Black Panther Party and the assassination of one of its revolutionary leaders, Fred Hampton – highlighting the lengths the ruling class will go to in crushing socialist struggle.
‘It’s a Sin’, a new Channel 4 drama, chronicles the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic via the story of a group of gay friends in the 1980s. In doing so, the series shows the oppression LGBT people face under capitalism – then and now.
Adapted from the book of the same name, new Netflix film ‘The White Tiger’ depicts the brutality of Indian capitalism from the perspective of those at the bottom of society – the same Indian masses who are now moving into action.
A new book by journalist Bob Wylie explores the murky dealings and shady accounting practices that led to the collapse of Carillion in 2018. Under capitalism, such parasitic Ponzi schemes are not the exception, but the rule.