Arts

• Marx in Soho - an amusing and mutinous production
  • 26 May 2015
  • This is part of a series of performances in north west England of late historian Howard Zinn’s play Marx in Soho.

• Peter Kennard interview - How can we use political art to reclaim privatised spaces?
  • 26 May 2015
  • Artist Peter Kennard spoke to Socialist Worker about the latest exhibition of his works—and how we can make sure the arts aren’t only for a rich elite

• Framed - the fight to defend Candy Udwin
  • 26 May 2015
  • National Gallery bosses want union rep Candy Udwin out of the picture... That’s why every trade unionist should join the fight for her job

• Protesters storm the Barbican
  • 19 May 2015
  • A group of protesters, including cleaners from the Barbican arts centre, stormed into the central London venue demanding the London Living Wage (LLW) last Saturday.

• Anger after National Gallery bosses sack PCS union rep Candy Udwin
  • 19 May 2015
  • Bosses at the National Gallery in central London have sacked leading PCS union activist Candy Udwin. This is a major attack on a high-profile trade unionist and a serious assault on union rights.

• E17 arts trail
  • 19 May 2015
  • The E17 Arts Trail is a chance for artists and designers in Waltham Forest to show their work.

• Workers rally in solidarity with victimised PCS union rep Candy Udwin
  • 05 May 2015
  • Some 50 National Gallery strikers and supporters held a rally in solidarity with victimised union rep Candy Udwin today, Tuesday. The rally was held to support Candy on the first day of her disciplinary hearing.

• Detroit '67—‘Motown was always about more than just love songs’
  • 28 April 2015
  • Music journalist Stuart Cosgrove talks about his book Detroit ’67, the first of a trilogy exploring US soul music’s links to radical struggles against racism

• Creating monsters - the murder of Zahid Mubarek
  • 28 April 2015
  • A new film We Are Monster explores the build up to a notorious racist murder in Feltham Young Offenders’ Institution in 2000. The filmmakers and the uncle of the murder victim talk to Simon Basketter

• Don't let the National Gallery become a bosses' playground
  • 28 April 2015
  • The National Gallery provides free access to art for all. But its millionaire trustees want to privatise staff and cater to the rich—and workers are fighting back, writes Annette Mackin