For decades, antibiotics have been irresponsibly overused in healthcare and agriculture, leading to the rise of unstoppable infections. Meanwhile, capitalism and the pharmaceutical giants are holding back the deployment of a viable alternative.
Sean Baker’s latest film – out in cinemas now – is a tragic drama for modern times; a portrayal of the inevitable despair and destruction that the rich and powerful leave in their wake, with the exploited and oppressed always left paying the price.
Ali Abbasi’s latest project ‘The Apprentice’ charts the early years of Donald J. Trump, whose rise to fame and fortune was marked by unscrupulousness and sleaze. But beneath the salacious drama, the film fails to capture the truth behind Trump.
The apocalyptic drama ‘Threads’ (1984) explores what could happen if war in the Middle East escalated into nuclear annihilation, and Britain was obliterated into a barbaric wasteland. 40 years later, this film remains a haunting watch.
Featured in the upcoming issue of The Communist, readers review two recent cinema releases: Coralie Fargeat’s Cronenbergian satirical body-horror ‘The Substance’, and poignant Palestinian tragedy ‘The Teacher’.
Billionaire pop star Taylor Swift is the latest celebrity to endorse Kamala Harris for US President. Despite the liberal establishment’s delusions, this will not win over the youth, who are fed up with the anti-worker, pro-imperialist Democrats.
“kamala IS brat” proclaimed popstar Charli XCX, only a couple of months ago. And so began an unholy alliance between her, Killer Kamala, and the drone-dropping Democrats, keen to lure in Gen Z voters with the saturated, viral cacophony of ‘Brat’.
Two-part documentary film ‘How music got free’ explores the creative destruction brought about in the music industry by streaming services. But the program fails to explain the real barriers to culture and art: private property and profit.
An ongoing exhibition at the British Museum explores the later work of Renaissance master Michelangelo, including drawings exploring the living motion of the human body – marking a dynamic break with the stultified picture painted by his predecessors.
‘Hadestown’, a musical adaptation of famous tales from Greek mythology, is showing now in London’s West End. Exploring themes of exploitation, poverty, and climate catastrophe, this new theatrical production is well worth a watch.
Computer-game-turned-TV-series Fallout paints a harrowing picture of the apocalyptic future facing humanity if capitalism and imperialism are not overthrown. The alternative is clear: socialism or barbarism. We must fight to smash the profit system.
In this week’s issue of The Communist, we have a review by readers of ‘Kill Zone: Inside Gaza’, a harrowing new Channel 4 documentary that shows the stark, brutal reality of imperialism and war.