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Review: Derry Girls created by Lisa McGee
Derry GirlsCreated by Lisa McGeeChannel 4, 2022 Reviewed by Rebecca McMonagle Channel 4’s Derry Girls returned for its…
Review: A Spectre, Haunting by China Miéville
A Spectre, HauntingBy China MiévilleHead of Zeus, 2022 Reviewed by Eddie McCabe The Communist Manifesto is the paramount…
Review: Heartstopper directed by Euros Lyn
Reviewed by Ollie Bell Heartstopper is a Netflix series based on Alice Oseman’s comics of the same name.…
Book Review: Invisible China – How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise
By Vincent Kolo, Chinaworker.info “Why would I talk to my baby?” a young mother in rural China giggled…
Review: And Breathe Normally directed by Ísold Uggadóttir
Review by James Fleming Utility bills and notices are overflowing from an apartment’s postbox. “Mommy, we forgot to…
Review: RTE’s Crime and Confessions
Reviewed by Michael O’Brien Crime and Confessions, a recently broadcast three-part documentary on RTE television (and still available…
Review: Belfast directed by Kenneth Branagh
Reviewed by Eoin Dawson Kenneth Branagh’s biopic, Belfast, released in January 2022 to much applause. But for many…
“You Have To Be A Killer”: Deadly capitalism in Succession’s world and ours
By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) This review contains spoilers. In an…
Review: Planet on Fire – A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
By Mathew Lawrence and Laurie Laybourn-Langton Verso 2021 Reviewed by James Fleming Capitalism’s “solutions” to climate change are…
Review: In The Camps by Darren Byler
By Per-Åke Westerlund, International Socialist Alternative Three hundred camps with more than a million Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang…