Movie Review: Siddharth (2013)
The movie Siddharth (2013) is now playing in a small number of theatres in Aotearoa. It is directed by the Canadian Richie Mehta and is based on a real life encounter he had while in India, where the...
View ArticleBook review: Radical unionism (2013)
R Darlington, Radical Unionism: The Rise & Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism (Chicago, 2013) Syndicalism isn’t known by most people today. It sounds like ‘syndicates’ and therefore English speakers...
View ArticleMovie review: Jimmy’s Hall (2014)
Ireland has a long and difficult history. It is hardly surprising that its pantheon of folk heroes includes a significant number of rebels and martyrs. This tradition has continued to this day, with...
View ArticleThe Rojava revolution in Syria
From the chaos of the Syrian Revolution the existence of a radical experiment in democracy has slowly emerged. The project in Rojava, in the north of Syria, has been instigated by the Democratic Union...
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