USA: Volvo workers strike for new contract Over 2600 workers at the New River Valley plant in Virginia began strike action on Friday.
TV Times - 2 - 8 February 2008 This weeks highlight is the uncovering of the astonishing scam in Poland which saw undertakers and health care professionals conspire to murder for profit.
France: unprecedented national strike hits retail sector According to unions up to 80% of workers in supermarkets across the country joined in the strike…
Bangladeshi garment worker murdered by bosses - and other developments Last Wednesday (30th Jan) two workers in World Dresses Ltd, Mirapur, Dhaka, were attacked and beaten by management staff at the end of an evening shift.
Valuation office staff vote over strike action 2,200 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union working for the Valuation Office Agency began a ballot for strike action over below…
Volver, dir. Pedro Almodovar, Spain 2006 (English subtitles). Film review Review of Almodovar’s latest cinematic delirium
V for Vendetta, dir. James McTeigue, 2006. Film review – Tom Jennings. Tom Jennings reviews the latest botched adaptation of Alan Moore’s graphic novels.
Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang: The Culture and Commerce of Gangsta Rap, by Eithne Quinn, Columbia University Press, 2005. Book review Tom Jennings reviews an invicisve history of an important contemporary music genre.
Ms Dynamite, Judgement Days, Polydor, 2005. Music review – Tom Jennings Tom Jennings judges Ms Dynamite’s second album a mismatch of unremarkable smooth music and…
Guerilla: the Taking of Patty Hearst, dir. Robert Stone, 2004. Film review – Tom Jennings Tom Jennings’ review of Robert Stone’s account of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Spank the Monkey, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gateshead, 2006. Art review This review finds that The Baltic’s ‘street art’ exhibition bites off much more than it can chew.
