Reservation Politics: the Palestinian experience through the historical monocle of Native Americans - Melancholic Troglodytes An historical examination of the similarities and differences in the situations of…
As health workers prepare for ballot, Unison leaders back off Unison national secretary has angered union activists by demanding that local branches take a…
1918: Rice riots and strikes in Japan From July-September 1918, Japan was swept with a wave of riots from rural fishing villages to major industrial centres and coal fields, in what…
UK: Post Office strikes continue Workers at Crown Post Offices struck yesterday and on Friday, and are due to strike again tomorrow to stop plans to outsource services to WH…
Mischief Night - review Its writer/director Penny Woolcock wanted Mischief Night to be ‘a very silly film about very serious issues’. Tom Jennings judges it spot on.
Pan’s Labyrinth - review Tom Jennings reviews Guillermo del Toro's Pan’s Labyrinth, a fantastical tale set in post-Civil War Spain.
Favela Rising - review Tom Jennings is disappointed at Favela Rising’s focus on its founder’s personality rather than Brazilian Afro-Reggae’s grass-roots potential.
The ‘G’ Word - review Tom Jennings' review of the graffiti art show at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.
Babel - review Tom Jennings reviews Babel, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett and directed by Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu.
The Hive of Liberty - review As a new edition of The Hive of Liberty is published Tom Jennings welcomes renewed interest in 18th century Tyneside radical Thomas Spence.
Hip Hop Is Dead - review Tom Jennings interprets Nas’ provocation that ‘Hip Hop Is Dead’ in terms of the limited liberal horizons of civil rights.
Freedom Writers - review Richard LaGravenese's liberal feel-good film Freedom Writers offers no real solutions to the problems in inner-city schools and neighbourhoods.
