In the late nineteenth century, French Marxist Paul Lafargue put forward a demand that still resonates nearly a century and a half later: workers have a right to be …
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Childhood: Gloriously Found and Tragically Lost
When you are a kid, you feel life as you know it is the only kind of life out there. You feel safe and content. What we lose when …
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Doesn’t Give Easy Answers on Radical Climate Activism
The film 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores themes from Andreas Malm’s book of the same name by way of a heist thriller, in which fictional activists grapple …
‘Triangle of Sadness’ Is as Absurd as 21st-Century Capitalism Is
'Triangle of Sadness' is more than a little over the top at times. But so what? Unlike every other movie at the theaters, it’s over the top in its …
Be Unapologetically Bad at Your Hobby
'When we capitalise on hobbies, we start to treat them the same as every other day job.'
The ‘Batgirl’ Saga Turns Hollywood’s Capitalist Logic on Its Head
While there may have been genuine creative reasons why Batgirl was cancelled, it’s hard to game them out without running into inconsistencies.
Barry Hines’s ‘The Gamekeeper’ Is a Novel About How Capitalism Steals Nature From Us
Barry Hines is best known as author of 'Kestrel for a Knave', adapted for film by Ken Loach. His newly rereleased novel, 'The Gamekeeper', offers a searing portrait of …
Some People Treat Disney as Sacred. Does That Make It a Religion?
It is possible to approach Disney adults with empathy and understanding without necessarily calling their relationship to Disney religion.
The Relevance of ‘Pyaasa’ in a World Plagued by Materialism
The 1957 film looks at the degradation of the modern world through materialistic pursuits, the objectification of success and how art is turned into a commodity.
For Whom Death Never Barks
The poem is about the collective failure to see the deaths of all people as equal.