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Review: The Substance directed by Coralie Fargeat

The Substance Directed by Coralie FargeatMubi, 2024 Reviewed by Steph Lacey The Substance is a satirical, body-horror film that centres around the character of Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood star who goes to extreme lengths to try to reclaim her youthful looks and

Jan 13, 2025

Comment & Other·News & Analysis

Obituary: Paddy Hill (1944-2025)

By Dave Vallely “The police told us from the start that they knew we hadn’t done it. They told us they didn’t care who done it. They told us that they were going to frame us. Justice? I don’t think them people

Jan 9, 2025

World News

United States: Luigi Mangione case exposes deep class divide

By Harper Cleves Think pieces, memes, and strangers offering fake alibis: these are just some of the mediums in which both adoration and fury were levelled at Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old who has been charged with murder and terrorism for the killing

Jan 8, 2025

News & Analysis

Save Pálás Cinema—Culture and arts before profit

By Conor Burke The announcement just before Christmas that Galway’s art house cinema Palas is due to close comes as a significant blow to the city’s arts community. The company that runs Palas and operates the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin has highlighted

Jan 7, 2025

World News

Trump’s victory and the downfall of the Democrats – a working class movement is more important than ever

by Marco de Laforcade (Boston) and Aron Schall (New York) The 2024 U.S. Presidential elections produced shocking results for millions of workers around the country. Not only did Trump win another presidential election, but did so in a landslide victory, sweeping every

Jan 3, 2025

Theory & History

“Unbreakable Union”: 80 years of the Soviet Union’s counter-revolutionary anthem

By Charlie Jean McKeown The Red Army lungs thunder out “Soyúz nerushímy respúblik svobódnykh,”1 and immediately the capitalist painting of ‘Communism’ is summoned up, complete with gold stars, bread lines and nukes. Officially adopted in 1944, the State Anthem of the Soviet

Dec 19, 2024

Theory & History

The invisible struggle of autistic adults

By Lydia MacBride Shrouded in stigma and stereotype, autistic adults face extreme difficulty under the capitalist system, all whilst being left out of many discussions regarding oppression. Frequently written off as a childrens’ condition, many autistic adults are left in limbo, with

Dec 13, 2024

News & Analysis

Eoin Hayes TD – Social Democrat with stocks in genocide industry

By Jonathan Diebold “Sanctions must be imposed immediately” were the words of Eoin Hayes, recently suspended TD for the Social Democrats, in November 2023, seven weeks after the beginning of the genocide in Gaza – in one of his few comments on

Dec 11, 2024

Elections·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

GE24: Low mood benefits establishment – left opposition must be built inside & outside Dáil

By Donal Devlin “The choice of the Irish people is clear: they want more of the same”. This was the immediate and typically superficial reaction from Irish Times political editor Pat Leahy about the outcome of the general election in Ireland. Much

Dec 10, 2024

Celebrations sweep Syria, but what comes next?

The brutal over-half-century-long Assad-dictatorship has fallen in Syria. Thousands and thousands of political prisoners have been able to reunite with their families, many after years during which they were thought dead. Millions more who were internally displaced are rejoicing as they reunite

Dec 9, 2024

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