anti-capitalism

anti-capitalism

• 'Press', not all fake news - TV review

  

  BBC One's drama, Press, is a tale of anti-establishment dissent and gives a glimpse into the inner workings of the media, argues Sofie Mason 

• Banksy: the shredding on the wall

  

  Banksy shredding his painting moments after it sold for over £1m at auction showed up the out-of-touch super-rich and everything wrong with modern art culture

• May ‘68: France on the cusp of revolution

  

  Susan Ram looks back at the tumultuous events of May 1968, where students and workers united against the establishment, and asks what we can take from them today

• Enough is enough: Paris takes to the streets

  

  Paris mobilises one year on from Macron's election, and fifty years on from May '68, reports John Mullen 

• The gender pay gap is a disgrace

  

  While new legislation aimed at addressing this ongoing inequality is welcome, only collective action can end it, argues Steph Pike

• Can Macron the Thatcherite be beaten?

  

  The French president is hoping to push through a series of Thatcherite reforms, but the workers are not going to lie down and take it, writes John Mullen

• Hamburg showed the emperor really doesn't have new clothes - weekly briefing

  

  After a weekend of numerous mass mobilisations, Lindsey German analyses the growing mood to fight

• French elections: enter Jean-Luc Mélenchon

  

  The spin of the two-horse race conceals the anti-capitalist hopeful, notes Susan Ram   

• Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective

  

  Tony McKenna’s cultural essays show the rich possibilities of Marxist analysis for a range of art and literature, argues Sean Ledwith

• 1956: Hungary's lost revolution

  

  The 21st century anti-capitalist movement owes a debt to the heroic and inspiring working-class uprisings in Hungary 60 years ago, argues Sean Ledwith

• The Black Panthers: the hidden history

  

  Director Stanley Nelson tells the story of one of the most influential radical movements to emerge from the United States, whose legacy is both enduring and politically misunderstood, writes Season Butler

• Pro Bono: Celebrity Philanthropy - part 2

  

  In the second extract from Mikkel Thorup, Pro Bono? the ideological function of celebrity and charity is analysed

• The worker in the 21st century | Dangerous Times 2015

  

  Video of the session 'Hero to Zero (hours)? The worker in the 21st Century' with Susan Newman, Guy Standing and Alex Snowdon from Dangerous Times Festival 2015. Produced by Paul Hanes

• Blockupy in perspective

  

  Thousands of demonstrators converged on Frankfurt on Wednesday to disrupt the opening ceremony of the European Central Bank. Mark Bergfeld reports