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Palestinian women protest in Gaza city during First Intifada

Review:  “The Palestinian Left and its Decline” by Francesco Saverio Leopardi published in 2020.

Walter Chambers PRMI Russia 6 February, 2026

In 1969 the PFLP declared it was a “Marxist-Leninist” organisation – a term universally used by Maoist organisations. Lenin’s united workers front strategy was replaced by Mao’s popular frontism; his class-based approach to the national question was overturned by prioritising the national conflict over class struggle;  his international workers’ solidarity was replaced by alliances with the ruling elites of ‘friendly countries’; and Lenin’s “arming the working class” during a working-class led political revolution was replaced by “guerrilla struggle” aimed at igniting a mass based popular war.

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Tupac Shakur

Review: Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur by Dean Van Nguyen

James McCabe Socialist Party, Ireland 24 January, 2026

Most portrayals of Tupac in the mainstream media superficially depict him as a reckless, antisocial tearaway, but anyone with more than a superficial familiarity with his music will know that his outlook was steeped in social awareness and political analysis. And how could it have been any other way, given that Afeni raised him in such a political environment? His godfather was Geronimo Pratt, a leader of the Black Panthers, while his godmother was Assata Shakur of the Black Liberation Army.

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Picture from Lily Allen's West End Girl Album cover

Review: West End Girl by Lily Allen

Aislinn O Keeffe Socialist Party, Ireland 20 November, 2025

The album begins with “West End Girl” and the first signs that something isn’t quite right in the relationship. After receiving good news about a role in an upcoming play, Allen relates her confusion when her husband is less than supportive of this opportunity. This is presented as the catalyst to the betrayal which is about to unfold.

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Advertising shot from One battle after another

Review: One Battle After Another directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Jonathon Diebold Socialist Party, Ireland 20 November, 2025

For all its political references and sympathetic portrayals of the radical left, the film is more concerned with shootouts and car chases than delving deeper into political themes and ideas. Nevertheless, the fact that this movie could be made, on a massive budget and by a mainstream studio, and was received so positively, reflects something of the mood in society today.

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Kate Nash

Kate Nash calls out TERF ideology in blistering new single 

Kate Quinlan Socialist Party, Ireland 1 July, 2025

From a socialist feminist perspective, GERM is more than a protest song. It’s a manifesto that interrogates power, challenges capitalist co-optation of feminism, and calls out the scapegoating of a vulnerable minority to distract from the material conditions oppressing all women and gender minorities.

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