Just needed a bit of Doris Day and Gordon McCrae.
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Nomadland 2020
I suspect most socialists long for radical and political art; nothing didactic obviously – complex, subtle, sinewy responses to the complexity of the 21st century. And yet revolutionaries have long theorised that the chances of revolutionary art, even bolshie political art, during times of bourgeois stability or bourgeois reaction are fairly low – the arts are dominated by the middle classes and owned by the ruling class.
In the meantime we lionise the latest Ken Loach – (unless you find…
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One Wonderful Sunday 1947
What’s it like in your city? In your country? Here in Birmingham there are hundreds of homeless people on our streets. The privatisation of our schools, our NHS and all public services is accelerating and mental health services are virtually non-existent. Disillusionment with our political class is at an all-time high, and with good reason. Most of them shouldn’t be in a responsible job, let alone positions of power - as they vote through arms sales to vile regimes and…
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