Grounded, a contemporary opera with an anti-war theme, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera
The subject of long-distance war crimes makes this an opera of vital importance.
Jesse Thomas•
A few points about My Old Ass with Aubrey Plaza
The film, now streaming and popular with audiences, has certain strengths, including one quite moving scene but also banal and grating aspects.
David Walsh•
Agent of Happiness: People in this small South Asian country live in an economically unequal, unjust and oppressive society, why should they be happy?
The rich are satisfied with life, the aspiring petty bourgeois worries about his or her property and status, the workers and rural poor are overworked and angry.
David Walsh•
More than 5,500 writers pledge to boycott Israeli cultural institutions
The writers' statement accuses the Zionist state of “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide.”
Sandy English, David Walsh•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Hong Jian•
Jean Shaoul•
Verena Nees•
Sherwood, Season 2: A bad idea expanded
This is the reality of the world for Graham—not class conflict but how to get along in the system as it is. His references to contested political history are all the more offensive because he is so supine about how things are.
Paul Bond•
Relentless attempts to suppress the truth about Israeli crimes: Conflict at New York’s 92NY and, in the face of attacks, the Emmy victory of Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda
The relentless character of the homicidal Israeli-US war is accompanied by an equally relentless campaign to deny the reality of the genocide and shield the perpetrators.
David Walsh•
UK’s Prince Andrew and the 2019 BBC interview on his relations with Jeffrey Epstein: Scoop
The interview was intended by the prince’s handlers to limit the damage created by Andrew’s well-publicized relations with financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, by then already deceased.
David Walsh•
Reject IATSE sellout contract—Organize rank-and-file committees!
The two Memorandums of Agreement were released July 10 on IATSE websites, only four days before entertainment workers were scheduled to begin voting on the deals.
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Clare Hurley•
Cordell Gascoigne•
David Walsh•
Paul Bond•
Paul Bond•
A few points about My Old Ass with Aubrey Plaza
The film, now streaming and popular with audiences, has certain strengths, including one quite moving scene but also banal and grating aspects.
David Walsh•
Agent of Happiness: People in this small South Asian country live in an economically unequal, unjust and oppressive society, why should they be happy?
The rich are satisfied with life, the aspiring petty bourgeois worries about his or her property and status, the workers and rural poor are overworked and angry.
David Walsh•
No Other Land playing in New York for one week but no US distributor—A courageous indictment of Israel’s crimes and its defenders
The film recounts the expulsion of Palestinian villagers from Masafer Yatta, a settlement of 19 villages south of Hebron in the West Bank.
Verena Nees•
An interview with Zaya and Maurizio Benazzo, co-directors of Where Olive Trees Weep, filmed on the occupied West Bank: “You cannot imagine the extent of the injustice”
The documentary’s objectivity lies in the fact that it presents historical and social truth.
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
Jacob Crosse, Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Stefan Steinberg•
Estella Winters, Richard Phillips•
Grounded, a contemporary opera with an anti-war theme, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera
The subject of long-distance war crimes makes this an opera of vital importance.
Jesse Thomas•
Jazz saxophonist Benny Golson, known for his remarkable compositions, dies at 95
Golson was one of the few surviving jazz masters of the 1950s, a golden age during which the innovations of the 1940s, known as bebop, flowered into the swinging and accessible modern jazz.
John Andrews•
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose”
Multifaceted performer, social critic Kris Kristofferson dies at 88
The singer-songwriter and film star maintained a commitment to artistic truth and a healthy opposition to oppression and conformity.
Erik Schreiber•
Rapper Macklemore dropped from festival lineup for “anti-American” opposition to Gaza genocide
Refusing to back down after the latest attempt to silence him, Macklemore issued a principled statement that placed his music and public comments within the history of protest movements.
Erik Schreiber•
Fred Mazelis•
David Levine•
Jesse Thomas•
Richard Phillips•
Erik Schreiber•
A comment on David North’s review: Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
The following letter was sent by Steve Long, a former member of the Socialist Labour League/Workers Revolutionary Party who writes for the World Socialist Web Site as Stefan Steinberg.
Steve Long•
Book Review
Biography as demonology: Aidan Beatty’s The Party is Always Right: The Untold Story of Gerry Healy and British Trotskyism
Aidan Beatty's new book is not a biography, but rather a political diatribe against Gerry Healy and Trotskyism.
David North•
Book Review: The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Contemporary lessons from the slave power’s plot to overturn the 1860 election
Erik Larson’s new book The Demon of Unrest, published this year by Penguin Random House, contains critical lessons for the fight against Trump and the threat of dictatorship today.
Eric London•
Bankers in the Ivory Tower by Charlie Eaton
The financialization of higher education and the fight against war
Eaton’s book traces the financialization of higher education from the 1980s through the 2010s, which underlay the subordination of academia to Wall Street and the war machine of US imperialism.
Emma Arceneaux•
Fred Mazelis•
Tom Peters•
James McDonald•
Eric London•
James McDonald•
Film director Prasanna Vithanage discusses Paradise with the WSWS
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
Richard Phillips•
Interview with Hany Abu-Assad, Palestinian filmmaker (Paradise Now, Omar): “Gaza is the Bastille of our day … a lot is going to change”
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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