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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Don’t be left without Star’s top CD
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
Political songwriting is alive and kicking those it should, says Kofi Smith
Something of a successor to last year’s Orgreave Justice and Hope Not Hate compilations, brand new double album Don’t Be Left Without Us showcases two packed CDs of brilliant current music including a wealth of politically committed songwriting alongside assorted tunes by left-aligned artists.
It has become a dreadful cliche that “there’s no political music any more,” but one that the corporate media is happy to repeat, making an implied comparison with the eras of Thatcher and Vietnam, while the truth is more complicated.
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