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Review: “Socialism on Trial”
Reading the transcript of a courtroom testimony might seem like a boring prospect, but the testimony of James Cannon published as “Socialism on Trial” …
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Book Review: Insane Clown President
Insane Clown President by Matt Taibbi is a collection of his reports for the Rolling Stone magazine on the 2016 US presidential election campaign. …
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Review: Trotsky and Friends
Brendan Black’s play “Trotsky and Friends” utterly distorts the ideas and methods of one of the most important figures of the Russian revolution. The …
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The Socialist: Spreading the alternative to capitalism
Less than one third of Australians trust journalists, one of the lowest levels in the world. Low trust in journalists is understandable given big …
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Film review: Rogue One
It’s clear from the off that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a spin-off from the main saga, is a little bit different. Welsh …
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Albanese: Telling it Straight
Anthony Albanese presents himself as a bit of a maverick, somewhat different to other politicians. He’s hosted Rage and has played DJ sets at …
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Film review: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake”
The vicious harassment of the sick and unemployed by the Tory government in Britain provoked legendary director Ken Loach, now 80 years of age, …
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Frida Kahlo: Between art and revolution
Strong, intelligent, passionate and creative. There are many adjectives that are used today to describe the figure of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist who …
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Monopoly: Radical origins of the capitalist game
Monopoly is perhaps the world’s most famous board game, with official sales of 250 million sets. You can get versions tailored to tie in …
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End ‘pay to play’!
So you wanna be a rock ’n’ roll star… just take a guitar and learn how to play! Surely if you work hard enough …
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Game review: Pokémon Go
Last month, the mobile video game Pokémon Go took the world by storm. Millions of people downloaded the game with some estimates showing that …
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Film review: Where to Invade Next
It is six years since Michael Moore’s last film and he’s back on top form. Perhaps a little less strident (a good thing), and …
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Book review: Generation Less
Anthony Main reviews Jennifer Rayner’s new book, ‘Generation Less: How Australia is cheating the young’. Jennifer Rayner is a 29 year old Labor Party …
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Rebel songs remembered: Jim Jones at Botany Bay
During Australia’s convict years numerous songs were written documenting the experience of those imprisoned at the penal colony. For the first few decades these …
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Book review: Bill Shorten’s “For the common good”
In reviewing “For the common good”, former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott described Bill Shorten as a “sentimental socialist”. Unfortunately nothing could be further …
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Review: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By Domino LaMarr My Uncle, a total jock that ran yards for touchdowns instead of studying to get through high school, told me once …
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Film review: ‘Trumbo’
From the red carpet to the blacklist and back again Imagine losing your job for the views you hold. Imagine being imprisoned for membership …
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Film review: The Big Short
By Mel Gregson The Big Short is a Hollywood comedy about some of the people involved in the US housing market collapse that triggered …
