The past few years have witnessed a flourishing of artistic and cultural forms that are inspired by the worldwide movements against war and globalisation. The band Slovo, with its latest album Todo Cambia, stands unashamedly in that category.
"Whosoever can, should smite, strangle and stab, secretly or publicly, and should remember that there is nothing more poisonous, pernicious, and devilish than a rebellious man."
Julie Delpy and Adam Holberg feature in this film as a pair of 35 year old professionals, two years into an intense relationship.
Another anti-racist resource for teachers is this DVD containing three 20 minute documentaries that trace the long history of black people in Britain.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has teamed up with Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) and Unite Against Fascism to produce two new educational resources aimed at teaching school students about anti-fascist activism.
Unite against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism have teamed up to put on a fringe event to kick off the TUC Congress in Brighton next week.
This event brings together live music, arts and speakers in memory of Mikey Powell, who died in police custody four years ago. There will be live performances by Capital X and The Welfare Poets from the US. Plus Princess Emmanuelle, Yaz Alexander and The Tribunes.
It’s a Free World is the latest film from award winning director Ken Loach. It will be shown on Channel 4 later this month, but Loach fans will have a chance to catch it on the big screen on Thursday of next week.
Kala is the latest album from British songwriter and rapper Maya Arulpragasam, better known as MIA. Her first album Arular was named after her father, a fighter for Tamil freedom in Sri Lanka. Now she’s back with a second album – this time named after her mother.
Rachel Lichtenstein’s grandparents were Polish Jewish refugees who lived on Brick Lane in London’s East End before the Second World War.
A classic of pre-war Hollywood – director Lewis Milestone’s 1939 film Of Mice And Men – is released on DVD this month. The film is based on John Steinbeck’s novella of the same name, and like the book it has suffered persecution by censors for most of its existence.
This is a disturbing and beautifully shot film about tensions in a small Australian town in New South Wales.
