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As the 20th century ended, there were many predictions about what we might expect from the next century but one particularly resonated with policy-makers across the world. It was the claim that whereas the past century had been characterised by advances in physics – the fridge, washing machine, television, computer, but also the atom bomb...

The idea that humans are naturally greedy and selfish and that “you can’t change human nature” is often used to explain the atrocities that happen in the world. From imperialist wars, to racism, to mass poverty the barbarism in society can be seen everywhere. But we also see the huge potential for humans to overcome...

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Thanks to a new high definition restoration, Polish director Andrzej Wajda’s iconic 1976 film “Man of Marble” has the chance of a second life. Wajda became famous in the 1950s for his war trilogy which included the masterpiece “Ashes and Diamonds”. These were tragedies of the human condition in the face of profound moral dilemmas....

The death of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez at the age of 87 marks the end of an era that transformed Latin American literature. Marquez is renowned for a style of work known as Magical Realism, where the supernatural and the mundane merge. His books are a metaphor for imperialism, dictatorship and struggle. Marquez, who...

In his explosive and thought-provoking new volume Film After Film: Or, What became of 21st Century Cinema? James Hoberman argues that the world of making movies has undergone a ground-breaking transformation. His vast and versatile collection of reviews and essays, written mainly for New York’s The Village Voice, affirm Hoberman’s reputation as one of the...

When radical black American leader Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union in 1963 his speech was hailed as a “30 minute explosion that is perhaps the best encapsulation of [his] ultimate views on race, American politics and what can only be called universal human rights”. In his book Malcolm X at Oxford Union, Racial...

This new book is a dynamic re-working of Marx in an attempt to analyse the changing face of globe capitalism and the last seven years of economic crisis, and to provide a framework for a political alternative. Taking Marx’s conception of the dialectic, that is the internal dynamic that drives change, Harvey examines what he...