Macklemore vs McCarthyism
Rather than simply using his art and platform to ‘raise awareness’ about the horrors perpetrated in Palestine, Macklemore has shown the world how the establishment seeks to control what people are allowed to say, hear and think.
A Marxist perspective on AI art
We live under capitalism, and no moral judgment or consumer boycott can stand up to capitalism’s cardinal law: the pursuit of maximum profit.
Hadestown: Capitalism is hell
What makes this version of the tale come to life is that the tragedy doesn’t come from hubris, or trying to cheat fate. The tragedy is capitalism.
Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: The prehistory of the Russian Revolution
What makes the book really striking is that Tolstoy isn’t just telling the story of individuals, but revealing the psychology of an entire class.
Capitalism has killed Hockey Night in Canada
Rogers has shamelessly destroyed a Saturday night tradition that spans generations, and has taken away the last free way for Canadians to watch hockey.
[Podcast] Capitalism is ruining sports
Latest episode of The Class Line
Film review: I Love Boosters
The irony is that I Love Boosters itself trips up at being art and slips towards being a textbook in a colourful disguise.
FIFA World Cup 2026:Capitalism is ruining sports
Instead of a celebration of the game, the World Cup has turned into a party for the rich.
Film review: Palestine 36
Showing the crimes that imperialism inflicted upon Palestinians nearly a century ago is vital for understanding the crimes it inflicts upon them today—but also to the Palestinians’ ongoing will to resist.
The Rules of the Game (1939) and the spiritual emptiness of bourgeois society
“The conception I had from the beginning was of a film rep­resenting a society, a group. I wanted to depict a class.”