This album’s title is French for “roots”. In it reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly, from Cote D’Ivoire in west Africa, is celebrating both Roots Reggae and the roots of the music.
The late Henning Mankell’s Wallander stories built on social realism—but the genre’s roots lie in a Marxist critique of Sweden, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Diffusion 2015: Looking for America; Invisible Heroes; and South London Shorts
BBC One’s crime series River is more like an art film than a TV series—and is stronger for it, says Judith Orr
Socialist Worker takes a look at a selection of upcoming events for this year’s Black History Month:
Christina broom was one of the first press photographers in Britain. Her photographs—some never displayed before—capture London in the beginning of the 20th century. Royal pomp continues as the city mobilises for the slaughter of the First World War, but powerful social movements are also pushing for change.
Theatrically brilliant Fuck the Polar Bears gets across the claustrophobia of family life—but don’t pity the miserable rich, says Tomáš Tengely-Evans
As Tory chancellor George Osborne drummed up British business links in China last week, one of its dissidents opened a major exhibition at London’s Royal Academy.
Socialist Worker takes a look at a selection of upcoming events for this year’s Black History Month. For more go to blackhistorymonth.org.uk
A new staging of 7:84 theatre company’s socialist play The Cheviot is a lively crowd pleaser. It’s just a pity it isn’t more topical, writes Jimmy Murray
Pop Art was never just about “consumerism” in the West, but always had a radical political undercurrent. This exhibition looks at the global impact of the Pop Art movement—from Latin America to Asia—during a time of protest and social change in the 1960s and 1970s
