George Clooney’s latest film works on many levels including
as a metaphor for the vacuity and destructiveness of modern capitalism.

Avatar seems like a futuristic and utopian film but it is
also describing what is happening in the world right now, writes Linda Mjo.

The global economic crisis has sparked a
renewed interest in understanding the capitalist system. Mark Walshe reviews the late Chris Harman's book published just before his recent death.

Orson Welles revolutionised the film medium with movies like Citizen Kane. But there was much more to his life and work whcih is little known about. . Gareth Jenkins looks at Richard Linklater's new film and the real character who inspired it.

For a generation that came to socialist politics in the late
sixties and early seventies the Workers’ Party, under its various names played a central role in
their political development. Liam Cummins reviews a new book on the Official IRA and the Workers’ Party.

Bryce Evans reviews UCD political scientist Tom Garvin's recent biography 'Judging Lemass'

Liberty
Hall Theatre 9th of Nov– 28th Nov

Anti War Photography Exhibition.
UNITE, 55 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 25th Sept-9th Oct

Chris Bambery looks at a new account of Leon Trotsky’s life and death.