Corporation for Public Broadcasting closes down in face of Trump attacks
The CPB’s dissolution was triggered by the “rescission package” passed by Congress and signed by Trump in July 2025, which clawed back $1.1 billion in funding.
David Walsh•
Censoring Palestine—and all forms of opposition to Israel’s war on the Palestinians
The class and geostrategic interests are the questions which most need tackling, especially among an audience likely already very familiar with the material dealt with in the documentary.
Jean Shaoul•
Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind: “Honestly, I don’t think you’ve thought things through enough”
It impresses the viewer primarily as a criticism of the self-involvement and self-delusion of a certain masculine type.
David Walsh•
Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz on the “Trump-Kennedy” Center for the Performing Arts: “There’s no way I would set foot in it now”
The exodus of artists from the Kennedy Center began in February 2025, when Trump named himself chairman of the board of trustees.
David Walsh•
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
Erik Schreiber, James Martin, Matthew Brennan•
Robert Stevens•
Eric London •
Linda Rios, Nick Barrickman•
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•
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War
Their testimonies are first-hand accounts of war crimes perpetrated by the self-proclaimed “the most moral army in the world”, flatly contradicting the IDF’s insistence that it operates in accordance with international law and takes measures to minimise civilian harm in its genocidal assault on Gaza.
Jean Shaoul•
Apocalypse in the Tropics: A limited analysis of religion and politics in Brazil
The documentary has attracted an audience seeking to understand the rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil, but it ignores the role played by the Workers Party (PT) of President Lula.
Eduardo Parati, Guilherme Ferreira•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Hong Jian, David Walsh•
Marc Wells•
David Walsh•
Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind: “Honestly, I don’t think you’ve thought things through enough”
It impresses the viewer primarily as a criticism of the self-involvement and self-delusion of a certain masculine type.
David Walsh•
Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025
It was inevitable that new tensions should find expression in artists’ work and erupt as well as within existing industries and institutions
David Walsh, Joanne Laurier•
Richard Linklater's Blue Moon: Rodgers and Hart, without much music
In this depiction of the end of Lorenz Hart’s career and his life, his legacy gets short-changed.
Fred Mazelis•
Russians at War: An honest portrayal of the people inside Russia’s military
Trofimova’s documentary rejects the bogus narrative peddled by US imperialism and its Canadian and European allies about “Putin’s unprovoked war,” and gives voice to the ordinary Russian soldiers the Western media has systematically dehumanized.
Lee Parsons•
David Walsh•
Joanne Laurier•
Sandy English•
David Walsh•
David Walsh•
Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz on the “Trump-Kennedy” Center for the Performing Arts: “There’s no way I would set foot in it now”
The exodus of artists from the Kennedy Center began in February 2025, when Trump named himself chairman of the board of trustees.
David Walsh•
Popular music in 2025: Signs of resistance emerge amid war, fascism and corporate conformity
Overall, musicians made their strongest statements outside the recording studio, reflecting the growing mass opposition within the world population.
Erik Schreiber, James Martin, Matthew Brennan•
Eurovision 2026 plunges deeper into political crisis as boycotts multiply
“Participating in Eurovision allows Israel to maintain the illusion that it is a modern and exemplary Western democracy, and thus to more easily conceal its criminal actions”, said the collective of 170 Belgian artists and cultural figures.
Robert Stevens•
Trump administration lashes out after musician cancels Christmas Eve Jazz Jam to protest Kennedy Center’s new name
The threatened lawsuit over a canceled Christmas Eve concert at the renamed "Trump Kennedy Center" exposes the authoritarian bid to intimidate artists and silence dissent.
Linda Rios, Nick Barrickman•
Fred Mazelis•
Robert Stevens, Paul Mitchell•
James Brewer•
Paul Bond•
David Walsh•
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 •
The centenary of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy
The most serious artists in the 1920s and early 1930s anticipated or often even assumed that society was proceeding to a new and higher stage.
David Walsh, Sandy English•
A lawyer’s account of his struggle on behalf of a victim of the “war on terror”
Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay
Jaber Mohammed, only one among hundreds of prisoners who faced a similar fate, lost five years of his life to a regime of abuse and torture, part of the imperialist reaction to the 9/11 attacks.
Fred Mazelis•
Peter Oborne’s Complicit: Britain’s role in the destruction of Gaza
While Oborne offer a biting and passionate critique of the UK’s support for Israel and complicity in its genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza, his disgust and moral outrage is no substitute for explaining its causes.
Jean Shaoul•
James McDonald•
Tom Mackaman•
Clara Weiss•
Sandy English•
James McDonald•
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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