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.
In telling the story of the ‘Mangrove Nine’, Steve McQueen’s new BBC film highlights the struggle against racism, then and now. As the protagonist asserts: the system is rigged and rotten. We must rip up racism at its root – capitalism.
The latest film from Aaron Sorkin, creator of ‘The West Wing’, depicts the events of the 1969-70 ‘conspiracy trial’ against anti-war activists in the USA: another clear example of the racist and reactionary nature of the capitalist legal system.
Owen Jones’ latest book chronicles the Corbyn years, offering an insider’s view on the problems faced by the Labour left. But the author fails to draw the key lesson from these events: that we need bold and militant leadership.
A recent BBC documentary reveals the intrigue and scheming that lies at the heart of the Murdoch empire. The billionaire media mogul is the ugly face of a rotten system. We need workers’ control to break the power of the capitalist press.
Amazon series ‘The Boys’ inverts the superhero genre by portraying the protagonists as commodities – owned, controlled, and exploited by a major multinational monopoly. Only the power of the working class can fight the evils of capitalism.