Readers recommend: ‘The Rehearsal’ and ‘Red Square’
From surrealist social experiments to revolutionary cinema, this Reader’s Recommend dives into Nathan Fielder’s boundary-pushing The Rehearsal and the Soviet epic Red Square (1970).
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Letters: Capitalism on trial: grief, drought, decay, and hypocrisy
Our readers expose the brutality of capitalism: from, grieving mothers criminalised, nature destroyed for profit, evidence lost, and hollow protests that mask true betrayal.
Klarna in trouble: Speculators living on borrowed time
Klarna is in trouble, with its losses doubling and an increase in customers failing to pay back their loans. Both the rise of ‘buy now, pay later’ lending and the crisis of speculative tech companies indicate that the debt-laden capitalist system is living on borrowed time.
Hundreds of thousands defy imperialist hypocrisy at Palestine protest
Thousands protested against Britain’s role in the criminal actions of the Israeli state on Saturday. Public anger around what’s happening in the Middle East has only grown, but to turn this into a successful struggle, the movement needs direction.
International solidarity campaign for political prisoners in Gilgit-Baltistan: HOW YOU CAN HELP!
Leading members of the Awami Action Committee in the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit-Baltistan have been arrested. The Revolutionary Communist International is running a global campaign to secure the comrades’ release – and we need your help!
From coffee to commitment: Norwich RCP surges forward!
The Norwich district of the RCP has had a great few weeks, recruiting four new revolutionaries to the party. Here, they explain how regular political discussions using ‘The Communist’ newspaper have driven their success.
USA: Anti-ICE protests spread nationwide as Trump sends in Marines
In response to Trump’s brutal campaign against immigrant workers and families, demonstrations have erupted across the United States. The ground is being prepared for a massive upheaval, and one spark could turn into a mass conflagration.
Right wing gains ground in Unison elections – the left needs a fighting programme!
The recent Unison NEC elections saw the left-wing ‘Time for Real Change’ lose seven seats, with the right wing gaining ground. In order to galvanise rank-and-file members, the left must campaign widely for a fighting programme against austerity and attacks.
Brian Wilson: Music legend passes away at 82
Legendary musician Brian Wilson has passed away at the age of 82. He leaves behind a legacy of revolutionising his craft, proving through his songwriting and production that pop music can be an art form in its own right.
Cryptocurrency and the never-ending casino of capitalism
Far from being a ‘decentralised’ alternative to money, the cryptocurrency industry has been embraced and centralised by the bankers and capitalists as yet another means of speculation. The entire system must be overthrown if we’re going to ever see an end to this insanity.
Trump’s tariffs come for UK film industry
Last month, US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on films “produced in foreign lands” coming into the USA . Although unclear what this will amount to, it only looks set to create more uncertainty and pain for the 195,000 film workers in the UK.
Gounod’s ‘Faust’: A counter-revolution in operatic form
Written under Napoleon’s dictatorship, Gounod’s 1859 operatic version of ‘Faust’ contains none of the literary and philosophical soul of Goethe’s 1808 masterpiece. What is left is little more than a reactionary celebration of Catholicism and the French state.