No social media ban in Germany for young people!
What the social media ban is really about is the attempt to curb the growing politicisation, radicalisation and international networking of youth.
Florian Hasek•
The 76th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 1
Increasing social criticism in Berlin and a new, committed tone of film realism: The Red Hangar from Chile
A growing number of younger filmmakers are turning their attention to history and the current threats to human relationships posed by war, state repression, fascist violence and extreme exploitation.
Verena Nees•
Hamnet, Hamlet and the demanding effort “to show the very age and body of the time”
The film is built around the family life of playwright William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1590s and the death of their 11-year-old son.
David Walsh•
SAG-AFTRA negotiations begin: What are the issues facing actors and other industry workers?
The conditions today are even more tense and fraught than those that led to a 118-day strike in 2023.
Hong Jian•
Paul Bond•
David Walsh•
Stefan Steinberg•
Marc Wells•
Jean Shaoul•
Say Nothing: Everything essential about the Northern Ireland conflict left unsaid
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Paul Bond•
The Pitt Season 2 and the challenges facing a serious television drama
The second season of The Pitt is being aired in the midst of historical events that have thrust healthcare workers into the spotlight in an unprecedented manner.
Isabel Roy•
Squid Game 3: Ending not with a bang, but a bleak (and lucrative) whimper
With its explosive entry into social consciousness looking ever smaller in the rearview mirror, Squid Game’s third season sets out to close its story saga while seeding potential for a financially lucrative successor.
Luke Galvin•
Trump denounces actor-director Rob Reiner as “very bad for our country” following tragic killings
Reiner has been a household name in the US since his days on the immensely popular situation comedy "All in the Family" in the 1970s.
David Walsh•
Marc Wells•
Jean Shaoul•
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
The 76th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 1
Increasing social criticism in Berlin and a new, committed tone of film realism: The Red Hangar from Chile
A growing number of younger filmmakers are turning their attention to history and the current threats to human relationships posed by war, state repression, fascist violence and extreme exploitation.
Verena Nees•
Hamnet, Hamlet and the demanding effort “to show the very age and body of the time”
The film is built around the family life of playwright William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway in Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1590s and the death of their 11-year-old son.
David Walsh•
Marty Supreme: A table tennis star’s frantic fight for fame
This movie uses the technique of “propulsive filmmaking,” while viewing the experience of Jews in America through the lens of identity politics.
Fred Mazelis•
Sentimental Value: We will have to take their word for it
The movie has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film.
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Fred Mazelis•
The 50th anniversary remaster of Tales from Topographic Oceans by progressive rock band Yes
A remastered and much improved reissue of the controversial sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, Tales from Topographic Oceans, has been released as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition.
Kevin Reed•
Lucinda Williams’ World’s Gone Wrong: An urgent protest against the fascist danger
Formally, it could be described as a blues-rock album, but it is more importantly a call to fight against the fascist regime emerging in the US. This is a welcome development among popular musicians.
Matthew Brennan•
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlights mass opposition to Trump
Bad Bunny’s record‑breaking Super Bowl halftime show evoked colonial and immigrant struggles and indirectly rebuked the Trump administration’s xenophobic, anti‑immigrant agenda.
Nick Barrickman•
Music and recording artists denounce ICE and defend immigrants at 2026 Grammys
A group of music artists made public statements during their acceptance speeches—Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny, in particular—in opposition to the assault by the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the rights of immigrants.
Kevin Reed•
Barry Grey•
Nick Barrickman•
David Walsh•
Ed Hightower•
David Walsh•
Say Nothing: Everything essential about the Northern Ireland conflict left unsaid
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Paul Bond•
The Artamonov Business (1925): Maxim Gorky and the Russian Revolution
Gorky’s novel, chronicling the vast social changes and processes that led to the 1917 October Revolution, deserves the widest possible rediscovery and recognition today, a century after being published.
Owen Howell•
An important book on fascism and World War II
Jochen Hellbeck’s “World Enemy Number 1, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews”
With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to minimize the crimes of Nazism and the decisive contribution of the Red Army and the Soviet people to the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Central to Hellbeck’s analysis is the link between Nazi anti-Semitism and anti-Communism.
Stefan Steinberg, Clara Weiss•
National Book Award winner The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
The novel takes place in Beirut between 1960 and 2023, its story divided non-chronologically into seven sections.
James McDonald•
Eric London •
David Walsh, Sandy English•
Fred Mazelis•
Jean Shaoul•
James McDonald•
Film director Prasanna Vithanage discusses Paradise with the WSWS
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
Richard Phillips•
Interview with Hany Abu-Assad, Palestinian filmmaker (Paradise Now, Omar): “Gaza is the Bastille of our day … a lot is going to change”
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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