STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over
Everything Must Fall, directed by Rehad Desai
Revelatory film on student protests against neoliberal education policies in South Africa
Protest leaders: Shaeera Khalla (left) and Nompendulo Mkhatshwa
This thriller is a politically charged and morally complex dive into climate activism and police repression, judges JENNY FARRELL
Cat show killer, avenging the pawns, women hunt the Ripper, and running dry in the outback
The Bard reflects on sharing a bed, and why he wont go to Chelsea
MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government
RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture
ROBERT OVETZ recommends a case study, from the University of Leicester, in their struggle against precarization, AI, privatisation, outsourcing, and work intensification in higher education
WHEN it comes to student activism in South Africa, it was the decolonising #RhodesMustFall movement originating at the University of Cape Town in 2015-16 that caught the attention of the left and the media in Britain.
This powerful new documentary from Rehad Desai touches on these influential protests, but the central focus of the film is the lesser-known #FeesMustFall student movement at the University of Witwatersrand.
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