Isaac Nellist reviews a documentary about the historic victory of Amazon workers who formed a union at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York City, which inspired workers around the world.
Film & theatre
Mariota Spens reviews Wicked, a technicolour fairytale and allegory for United States politics, which shows us the mechanics of patriarchal capitalism.
Coral Wynter reviews the recent documentary, Unbreakable, the story of tennis star Jelena Dokic’s courage and resilience after surviving years of abuse at the hands of her father.
Recently released documentary Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire shows the real costs of the greed and blockade imposed on Venezuela by the United States government, writes Jim McIlroy.
While good reporting helps us to be aware of, and understand current events, social change is a long-term endeavour that requires imagination, vision and deconstruction of the status quo. This forum explores the vital role of storytelling.
The Forgotten Pacific sheds light on how island communities are weaving indigenous knowledge with modern solutions to adapt, rebuild and protect their homelands from the devastating impacts of climate change, write Coral Wynter and Jim McIlroy.
A year after the launch of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has released a new documentary that exposes Israeli war crimes through photos and videos shared by Israeli soldiers, writes Barry Sheppard.
In War Game, a bipartisan group of real-life defense, intelligence and elected policymakers in the United States confront a political coup scenario in the wake of a contested presidential election. Bill Nevins reviews.
Bill Nevins reviews Kneecap, a semi-autobiographical film about the West Belfast rap/hip-hop trio of the same name.
Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter review Asylum, a hard-hitting play about the intersection of the refugee crisis and the severe problems facing families in a period of social tension, which just finised its season at the Hellenic Theatre in Sydney's inner west.
British socialist Dave Kellaway reviews Matteo Garrone’s latest film, Io Capitano (Me Captain), which follows the agonising odyssey of a teenage Senegalese migrant from his home thousands of miles away to the shores of Sicily.
Jim McIlroy reviews Damage, written and directed by Australian filmmaker Madeleine Blackwell, which is a moving allegory about the destruction caused by war and the increasing alienation suffered by an elderly woman in a capitalist society abandoning those in need.
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