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Part one of a conversation with film historian, scholar James Naremore: The films of American director Charles Burnett James Naremore has been one of the most insightful commentators on film and film history over the past four decades. He remains one of the relatively few figures in the field interested in (or capable of) “interweaving”—as he notes in our conversation below—a genuine aesthetic sensibility with a political and social interest. Now retired from teaching, Professor Naremo...

In the last few years, many conservative commentators and political figures, including President Trump, have lashed out against extreme left-wing politicians and radical agitators as the “Fascist Left.” Many news media pundits scoffed at this phrase, incredulous at the thought that authoritarian and nationalistic socialists could ever exhibit leftist tendencies. However, many well-known historians would differ. These academicians have identified German National Socialists and Italian Fasc...

These Are the 100 Best Films of All Time, According to Critics By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News AND Ellen Wulfhorst, Stacker News On 5/9/21 at 9:00 AM EDT For more than a century, there have been movies, and people paid to review them. The first film critic, W.G. Faulkner, began churning out weekly reviews in January 1912. Since then, movie criticism has retained countless core consistencies while evolving to keep pace with the medium itself. During this time, the two respec...

Courtesy of Bill Connor In recent years, the number of Christians identifying as “Christian Socialists” or “Christian Communists” has skyrocketed in a way not seen in over 40 years. Sarah Ngu, in her 2020 article “Why These Young American Christians Embrace Socialism” wrote the following: “Over the past three years, some American Christians have rediscovered this tradition and found themselves gravitating to socialism—in all its varieties, from democratic socialism to full-fledg...

Courtesy of Bill Connor In recent years, the number of Christians identifying as “Christian Socialists” or “Christian Communists” has skyrocketed in a way not seen in over 40 years.  Sarah Ngu, in her 2020 article “Why These Young American Christians Embrace Socialism” wrote the following: “Over the past three years, some American Christians have rediscovered this tradition and found themselves gravitating to socialism—in all its varieties, from democr...

The struggle for Permanent Revolution in South Asia , the n section of the International Committee of the Fourth International . He has written extensively on the politics of the Indian subcontinent and on the national question in Sri Lanka. He made these remarks and the Dear Comrades, The COVID-19 pandemic is surging in South Asia, bringing deadly consequences for nearly the 1.9 billion inhabitants in the region. By May Day last year there were about 50,000 coronavirus cases and nearly 2,000 ...

Coups, putsches and revolutions Not only real, but counterfactual history too, can provide valuable political insights. Derek James reports on the Spring Communist University, held over the long bank holiday weekend of April 30-May 3 Organised by the CPGB and Labour Party Marxists, Spring 2021 CU, was designed, in part, to cast a sharp light on the momentous January 6 events in Washington. Titled ‘Coups, putsches and revolutions’, its aim was, though, designed not just to assess what exactl...

Daniela Cavallo follows in the footsteps of her predecessor Bernd Osterloh and, like him, will faithfully defend the interests of the company and its shareholders.

May Day 2021 and the struggle for international socialism in Turkey and the International Committee of the Fourth International on May 1. Revolutionary greetings from the Socialist Equality Group in Turkey. As the pandemic intensifies the contradictions of global capitalism, we greet May Day 2021 amid growing geopolitical tensions and war dangers in the region surrounding Turkey. Ulaş Ateşçi Thirty years of imperialist war since the Stalinist bureaucracy dissolved the Soviet Union in 1991 ha...

Inside the hard-left in Hulls politics - and the influence they can have at this weeks local election Why are they still here and how much influence do they really have? Updated For Labour leader Keir Starmer it was a question he probably thought he had got past. ‘So about Corbynism ... and its continuing influence in Hull…?” More than a year since his election as party leader, Starmer shifted a little in his seat in a gym in Hull and appeared to trawl back for a response he had last used...