Focusing on the trial of Hjalmar Schacht, Tosca’s Kiss is a play about the Nuremberg trials.
Pick A Bigger WeaponThe CoupCD out now Proving that hip-hop isn’t all about sexism and guns, the anti-capitalist band The Coup have returned with their first album in five years.
When the folk boom of the 1960s brought a new crop of young, politicised singer/songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Buffy Sainte-Marie to the forefront of popular awareness, an influential critic famously referred to them as "Pete’s children".
The television series The Line of Beauty asks questions about sexuality and class.
Undercover SurrealismThe Hayward Galleryuntil 30 Julywww.hayward.org.uk
One of the highlights of Saturday’s Love Music Hate Racism carnival against the BNP was a storming set from east London grime crew Roll Deep. They spoke to Socialist Worker about why they were standing up against racism.
Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) is hosting a rally with music and speakers in Trafalgar Square, London, this Saturday. It aims to encourage young people to reject the fascist British National Party (BNP) at the May elections and celebrate Britain’s multi-racial, multi-faith society.
SixtyYorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, WakefieldUntil 25 Junewww.ysp.co.uk The Arts Council’s free exhibition to celebrate its 60th birthday brings together 60 sculptures from 1946 onwards.
The art of the early 20th century shows how cultures can mix and interact, writes John Molyneux
The Vote: How it was won, and how it was underminedby Paul FootPenguin £9.99 The campaigning, socialist journalist Paul Foot’s final book is the story of the fight for democracy in Britain. It is just out in paperback.
Italy emerged as a footballing power in the 1930s. How important was football to Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime? Was it associated with opposition to fascism? Football was very important for fascism. Mussolini helped make the sport into a mass pastime, organised rallies around games and added fascist symbols.
The Harder They Come Written by Perry Henzell. At the Royal Stratford Theatre, London. Phone 020 8534 0310
