Palestine Action is a direct action network targeting British complicity in Israeli apartheid. We spoke to its co-founder Huda Ammori in September 2023. On 14th October, a day of Palestine solidarity demonstrations across the world, PA activists sprayed the BBC’s London HQ in red paint, ‘symbolising their complicity in Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people’. PA is calling for people […]
⭐⭐⭐ A mixture of spoken word, storytelling and jazz/soul, A Portrait of Ludmilla as Nina Simone is an uplifting but candid account of Simone’s life and legacy. Ludmila Dabo retells the story of Nina’s early life and the brutality of her treatment by various partners, and these challenging references offer some glimpses into the inner world of […]
In The Collie’s Shed, a multi-generation cast of actors portray the past and present lives of four men whose lives were fundamentally changed by the 1985 miners’ strike. Told from the perspective of those who stood proudly and defiantly on the picket lines and of those who walked past it, some reluctantly and others less so, […]
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cyriel Buysee’s 1903 Flemish classic The Van Paemel Family is a compelling story of class struggle. It is lovingly portrayed by Valentin Dhaenens, and the humour and warmth of his character acting keeps you engrossed throughout. Dhaenens is a one-man army (literally) and he offers a tour-de-force of character acting as he interacts with the entire […]
Salvador Allende’s inaugural speech as the President of Chile pulsed with pride, not in his own success, but in the achievement of the parties and movements of the Chilean Left. Young and old, women and men, urban and rural had acted in concert to bring socialism to power.
Any hope of providing an equitable future for young people of colour in Scotland depends on understanding the education system's capitalist genesis and racist design, writes Rohit Rao.
The neglect of our colleges sends a clear message to working class students. That is why they are joining the fight for the future of further education, writes Sher Khalid-Ali.
The UK Government’s ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ will make a wretched situation for asylum-seeking children far worse, writes Francesca Sella.
Cradle Community, Brick by Brick: How We Build a World Without Prisons (Hajar Press, 2023 (2nd edition)). Reviewed by Beth Ansell.
Sorley Complain finds something sinister behind the cheery faces of BBC Scotland’s policing comedy.