Judas and the Black Messiah Review: Timely Portrait of a Socialist Martyr

The film Judas and the Black Messiah, dramatizes the attempt of the FBI to destroy the Black Panther Party and one of its greatest leaders, Fred Hampton.

Documentary about the Chilean uprising in 2019
“Santiago Rising” Film by Nick MacWilliam: a Burst of Anger and Hope

“Santiago Rising,” a documentary by Nick MacWilliam, is a powerful portrayal of the insurrectionary uprising that shocked Chile at the end of 2019.

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Flat-Earth Revival: A Distortion of Capitalism

Like most conspiracy theories, the flat earth theory seeks to “connect the dots” and bring clarity to a world that feels confusing and polarized.

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“Parasite” Review: Shining a Light on Capitalist Exploitation

Bong Joon-Ho’s Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” depicts the brutality of life under capitalism, showing how poverty forces people to struggle against one another to get by.

The Joker Movie Review
Review: Joker—You Get What You Deserve

The new Joker film reimagines the classic villain as the victim of a system that abandons the mentally ill and leaves people to languish in a manufactured poverty.

Notre Dame Fire in Paris
Notre Dame Fire: Capitalism Destroying Our Historical Heritage

Events in Paris demonstrate that capitalism is undermining its own past achievements and those of previous societies.

Trotsky Netflix Show Lies
Lies, Damned Lies and Netflix: the Character Assassination of Leon Trotsky

A recent Netflix show, produced by Russian state television, is a scandalous misrepresentation of Trotsky’s life and the October Revolution.

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Lifestyle Minimalism and the Crisis of Capitalism

The growing search for ways to individually “opt out” of capitalist society is an indication of the historic impasse of this system.

Sorry to Bother You Film Review
Call Center Class Struggle on the Big Screen

Communist director and rapper Boots Riley promotes socialist revolution with his new movie “Sorry To Bother You.”

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Capitalism is Erasing Our Past

Not only has capitalism ceased to move society forward, but it is also threatening the human cultural heritage of past generations.

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Superheroes: A Crisis of Overproduction

Marvel’s latest blockbuster demonstrates how the growing concentration of intellectual property in fewer hands is affecting art and entertainment.

Self-Improvement and Self-Care: Survival Tactics of Late Capitalism

The crisis of mental health is neither “human nature” nor the sum of millions of individual experiences. It is a systemic problem with a systemic solution. Nothing prevents us from creating an unimaginably superior world […]