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Review: Satluj directed by Honey Trehan

By Adil Sayyed Films have always been political, and their influence can threaten political mechanisms, as seen when Satluj, a new historical drama from India, was taken down from a streaming platform mere two days after its release. No official reason was

Jul 16, 2026

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Review: A Spectre, Haunting by China Miéville

A Spectre, HauntingBy China MiévilleHead of Zeus, 2022 Reviewed by Eddie McCabe The Communist Manifesto is the paramount revolutionary pamphlet. And that’s not just because it’s had such a profound effect on so many revolutionary movements and events in history. Rather, it’s

Jun 30, 2022

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Review: Heartstopper directed by Euros Lyn

Reviewed by Ollie Bell Heartstopper is a Netflix series based on Alice Oseman’s comics of the same name. It is an uplifting LGBTQ+ drama about friendships and young romance. It depicts two British students, Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson, as they meet,

May 8, 2022

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Book Review: Invisible China – How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise

By Vincent Kolo, Chinaworker.info “Why would I talk to my baby?” a young mother in rural China giggled at the question. “She can’t talk back!” Scott Rozelle, who has written this book together with Natalie Hell, has spent more than 30 years

Apr 18, 2022

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Review: And Breathe Normally directed by Ísold Uggadóttir

Review by James Fleming Utility bills and notices are overflowing from an apartment’s postbox. “Mommy, we forgot to get our mail yesterday. And also the day before that.” So says six-year-old Eldar at the beginning of And Breathe Normally. Clearly, the child

Mar 20, 2022

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Review: RTE’s Crime and Confessions

Reviewed by Michael O’Brien Crime and Confessions, a recently broadcast three-part documentary on RTE television (and still available on RTE Player) retells the story of the notorious ‘Heavy Gang’. This was a notorious cabal of Garda detectives responsible for a number of

Feb 9, 2022

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Review: Belfast directed by Kenneth Branagh

Reviewed by Eoin Dawson Kenneth Branagh’s biopic, Belfast, released in January 2022 to much applause. But for many Belfast natives, it fell flat. The film opens like an on-screen city break brochure, with all the modern visual icons, before fading to black

Feb 1, 2022

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“You Have To Be A Killer”: Deadly capitalism in Succession’s world and ours

By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) This review contains spoilers. In an era of unfathomable inequality and global crisis giving way to rising class consciousness and unrest, it’s no surprise that shows like The White Lotus, Squid Game,

Jan 17, 2022

Environment·News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Planet on Fire – A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown

By Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton Verso 2021 Reviewed by James Fleming Capitalism’s “solutions” to climate change are unfair or unworkable, when not outright disastrous. Using reusable coffee cups or paper straws won’t avert climate change. Telling ordinary people to buy expensive

Jan 11, 2022

Reviews and Culture·World News

Review: In The Camps by Darren Byler

By Per-Åke Westerlund, International Socialist Alternative Three hundred camps with more than a million Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang are probably the most brutal expressions of the CCP dictatorship in China. In Darren Byler’s new book, In the Camps: China’s High-Tech Penal Colony,

Jan 2, 2022

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Review: Don’t Look Up directed by Adam McKay

By Manus Lenihan A comet is about to wipe out all life on Earth – this was the basic idea of not one but two Hollywood movies released in 1998. Deep Impact was considered more ‘realistic’ than Armageddon, but both were fantasies

Jan 1, 2022

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