Culture
Guinness: From working-class pub favorite to right-wing moneymaker
September 26, 2025What was once a paternalistic brewery at the heart of Dublin is now an anti-working-class multinational corporation that prioritizes shareholders.
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A teenage Mamdani in New Delhi
September 23, 2025Candidate Mamdani’s solidarity with the poor and working class is a family affair.
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‘The Long Walk’ review: Brutal and riveting expression of extremism and indoctrination
September 12, 2025If you’re looking for escapism with this Stephen King adaptation, look elsewhere. This movie definitely holds a mirror up to our society and its extreme political divisions and violence.
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Review: ‘Woody at Home,’ at last
August 19, 2025The album shows Guthrie in his element: informal and with a moral force that speaks to our own moment of aggravated conflict with race hatred and fascism.
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Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony ‘Babi Yar’: A profound reflection on Soviet society, history, and humanism
August 8, 2025The themes range from the suffering inflicted by Nazi Germany and the resilience found in humour, to the trauma of Stalinism and the quiet strength of enduring women.
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