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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 …
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Review: Revisiting Animal Farm
Allegory of the terrible betrayal of the Russian revolution Andy Ford, from Socialism Today (Issue 192 October 2015) A success almost from the start, …
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What the Hunger Games has taught us
The release of Mockingjay Part 2 – the final instalment of the Hunger Games series – is the most anticipated film this summer. It …
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10 Marxist classics every socialist should (eventually) read
There are no short cuts to understanding Marxism in all its complexity. To apply Marxism to current day struggles and processes we must read …
