Marty Supreme: A table tennis star’s frantic fight for fame
This movie uses the technique of “propulsive filmmaking,” while viewing the experience of Jews in America through the lens of identity politics.
Fred Mazelis•
More than 100 film artists condemn Berlinale’s censorship of opposition to Israel’s Gaza genocide
The open letter quotes Chinese artist Ai Weiwei who described what was taking place in Germany as “doing what they did in the 1930s.”
Stefan Steinberg•
Düsseldorf Art Academy accused of antisemitism due to performance by Palestinian artist Basma al-Sharif
The artist was not criticized for her works, but for several pro-Palestinian posts on Instagram criticizing the Israeli government, including a call to boycott Israel.
Sybille Fuchs•
Sentimental Value: We will have to take their word for it
The movie has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film.
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Stefan Steinberg•
Paul Mitchell•
Richard Phillips•
Kevin Reed•
The Pitt Season 2 and the challenges facing a serious television drama
The second season of The Pitt is being aired in the midst of historical events that have thrust healthcare workers into the spotlight in an unprecedented manner.
Isabel Roy•
Squid Game 3: Ending not with a bang, but a bleak (and lucrative) whimper
With its explosive entry into social consciousness looking ever smaller in the rearview mirror, Squid Game’s third season sets out to close its story saga while seeding potential for a financially lucrative successor.
Luke Galvin•
Trump denounces actor-director Rob Reiner as “very bad for our country” following tragic killings
Reiner has been a household name in the US since his days on the immensely popular situation comedy "All in the Family" in the 1970s.
David Walsh•
Netflix takes over Warner Bros. Discovery in $82.7 billion deal
The acquisition poses a serious threat to entertainment workers, undermining creative labor and endangering art and cultural expression.
Marc Wells•
Jean Shaoul•
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Marty Supreme: A table tennis star’s frantic fight for fame
This movie uses the technique of “propulsive filmmaking,” while viewing the experience of Jews in America through the lens of identity politics.
Fred Mazelis•
Sentimental Value: We will have to take their word for it
The movie has been nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best International Feature Film.
David Walsh•
The Voice of Hind Rajab: A harrowing account of the killing of a Palestinian child
The film dramatizes the scene in the Red Crescent office, but uses the actual audio recording of Hind’s phone call—hence its title.
Joanne Laurier•
No Other Choice from South Korea: Doesn’t “necessity knows no law” cut both ways?
The film is inspired by Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax, previously adapted as a film by Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras in 2005.
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Fred Mazelis•
David Walsh•
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
The 50th anniversary remaster of Tales from Topographic Oceans by progressive rock band Yes
A remastered and much improved reissue of the controversial sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, Tales from Topographic Oceans, has been released as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition.
Kevin Reed•
Lucinda Williams’ World’s Gone Wrong: An urgent protest against the fascist danger
Formally, it could be described as a blues-rock album, but it is more importantly a call to fight against the fascist regime emerging in the US. This is a welcome development among popular musicians.
Matthew Brennan•
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show highlights mass opposition to Trump
Bad Bunny’s record‑breaking Super Bowl halftime show evoked colonial and immigrant struggles and indirectly rebuked the Trump administration’s xenophobic, anti‑immigrant agenda.
Nick Barrickman•
Music and recording artists denounce ICE and defend immigrants at 2026 Grammys
A group of music artists made public statements during their acceptance speeches—Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny, in particular—in opposition to the assault by the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the rights of immigrants.
Kevin Reed•
Barry Grey•
Nick Barrickman•
David Walsh•
Ed Hightower•
David Walsh•
The Artamonov Business (1925): Maxim Gorky and the Russian Revolution
Gorky’s novel, chronicling the vast social changes and processes that led to the 1917 October Revolution, deserves the widest possible rediscovery and recognition today, a century after being published.
Owen Howell•
An important book on fascism and World War II
Jochen Hellbeck’s “World Enemy Number 1, Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews”
With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to minimize the crimes of Nazism and the decisive contribution of the Red Army and the Soviet people to the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Central to Hellbeck’s analysis is the link between Nazi anti-Semitism and anti-Communism.
Stefan Steinberg, Clara Weiss•
National Book Award winner The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
The novel takes place in Beirut between 1960 and 2023, its story divided non-chronologically into seven sections.
James McDonald•
Book Review
Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan
Grant’s Enforcer is an important reminder that political reaction is not all-powerful.
Eric London •
David Walsh, Sandy English•
Fred Mazelis•
Jean Shaoul•
James McDonald•
Tom Mackaman•
Film director Prasanna Vithanage discusses Paradise with the WSWS
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
Richard Phillips•
Interview with Hany Abu-Assad, Palestinian filmmaker (Paradise Now, Omar): “Gaza is the Bastille of our day … a lot is going to change”
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
David Walsh•
Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Wasantha Rupasinghe•
Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Vimukthi Vidarshana and Shree Haran•
Richard Phillips•
David Walsh•
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