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Jenny Farrell
(L to R) The Karl-Marx-Allee in the morning, September 2021; Victor Grossman while visiting Buchenwald in 2013 Pics (L to R): Matthias Sussen/CC; Ina Leukefeld/CC
Obituary / 8 January 2026
8 January 2026

(March 1928 – December 2025)

Saluting an internationalist and a courageous and uncompromising seeker of the truth

Jack London
Opinion / 5 January 2026
5 January 2026

JENNY FARRELL reminds us that the US novelist, famed for pulp fiction and nature stories, was, by virtue of life experience, a committed revolutionary socialist

o. caseey
Books / 9 December 2025
9 December 2025

JENNY FARRELL relishes an intimate memoir about growing up in the household of the great Irish communist and playwright Sean O’Casey

same sky
Book Review / 2 December 2025
2 December 2025

JENNY FARRELL relishes an outstanding Palestinian novel that immerses readers in the sensory reality of Gaza, then and now

byrne
Books / 7 October 2025
7 October 2025

This thriller is a politically charged and morally complex dive into climate activism and police repression, judges JENNY FARRELL

fanon
Opinion / 24 June 2025
24 June 2025

On the centenary of the birth of the anti-colonial thinker and activist Frantz Fanon, JENNY FARRELL assesses his enduring influence

adversary
Book Review / 10 June 2025
10 June 2025

JENNY FARRELL relishes a modern parable that challenges readers to confront the legacies of empire, and the possibilities of resistance

NAZI INFLUENCER: (Above) Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer
Opinion / 3 September 2024
3 September 2024
As Caspar David Friedrich’s 250th anniversary is celebrated in Berlin and New York, JENNY FARRELL urges viewers of the German Romantic painter to understand its true historical context, and beware its co-option by the far-right
(L) Caspar David Friedrich, The Sea Of Ice (1823-4); (R) Sel
Opinion / 19 August 2024
19 August 2024
As Caspar David Friedrich’s 250th anniversary is celebrated in Berlin and New York, JENNY FARRELL urges viewers of the German Romantic painter to understand its true historical context, and beware his co-option by the far right
Civil Rights March on Washington, DC (L to R) Charlton Hesto
Opinion / 30 July 2024
30 July 2024
JENNY FARRELL traces the critical role that the CPUSA played in the education of Harlem’s greatest man of letters
The construction of the Marzahn housing project, 1978
Book Review / 29 May 2023
29 May 2023
JENNY FARRELL introduces an extraordinary book that maintains the cultural practise of the GDR by writing about ordinary working lives
Daniel Breen, wanted for the Soloheadbeg Ambush, the inciden
Opinion / 10 April 2023
10 April 2023
JENNY FARRELL celebrates the continuing relevance of the first English-speaking playwright of proletarian origin to create world theatre