CHRIS SEARLE hears the ordeal of the Palestinian people in the improvised musicianship of a UK jazz trio
VAUGHAN MELZER has been photographing people, political demonstrations and peace and labour movement activities and events a long time, with her photos appearing in the Morning Star and other publications.
She has met a whole number of fascinating individuals, often little-known in the wider world despite having devoted their lives to the struggle for socialism.
Believing that their contribution should be better known and their lives celebrated, she has created a portfolio of photographic portraits over the years, now on display at the Marx Memorial Library in the exhibition Those Who Never Gave Up: Their Hopes of a Socialist World Never Died.

JOHN GREEN recommends an Argentinian film classic on re-release - a deliciously cynical tale of swindling and double-cross

JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America

JOHN GREEN is stirred by an ambitious art project that explores solidarity and the shared memory of occupation

JOHN GREEN applauds an excellent and accessible demonstration that the capitalist economy is the biggest threat to our existence