Culture
Boxing, crime, and capitalism: Gerald Horne’s ‘The Bittersweet Science’ reviewed
December 8, 2021Incitement to murder for a thrill in general, and gambling returns in particular, transcends boxing per se, but emanates from a culture that views workers and oppressed people as things and treats force and violence as...
Read moreAbdulrazak Gurnah, the 2021 Nobel Laureate for Literature
December 7, 2021Wole Soyinka was the first Black African writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
Read moreSally Rooney: In search of the Marxist novel
December 6, 2021In Rooney’s work, the political manifests itself in the depiction of alienated relationships alongside explicit political statements.
Read moreTwo new CDs about life in America
December 2, 2021It’s almost as if the impulse to keep singing is what keeps us alive—and maybe it’s true.
Read more‘Normal People’: Love among the ruins
November 29, 2021Rooney et al have created a masterpiece.
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