Articles by Faline Bobier
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Aug 26, 2019: The looming Trump SlumpIn 2009 the late British Marxist Chris Harman published a book called Zombie Capitalism.
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Jun 07, 2019: Booksmart: Smart, feminist and funnyReview of Booksmart “The young generation are like.
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Mar 29, 2019: "Beautiful and sort of perfect, that's where true horror lies."Review of Us, directed by Jordan Peele Jordan Peele, director of 2017's brilliant film Get Out, skewering racism in America,...
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Mar 06, 2019: “Capitalist dinosaurs, tremble, the world will change”The Yellow Vests (Gilets jaunes) movement in France has been raging for four months now, since November of last year.
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Nov 23, 2018: Doug Ford's cabinet shuffleAll is not well in the Doug Ford camp.
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Oct 10, 2018: Kavanaugh protests challenge supreme court injusticeThe recent spectacle of the confirmation of Republican Brett Kavanagh's nomination to the Supreme Court in the US is yet...
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Sep 25, 2018: Movie review: Michael Moore exposes the roots of TrumpismMichael Moore's new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9" asks the seemingly simple question "How the fuck did this happen?" By "this", of...
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Jul 28, 2018: Toronto municipal election: Walied Khogali for Councillor - Ward 23Walied Khogali launched his campaign for Toronto city councillor in Ward 23 for the municipal elections in October 2018.
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Jul 22, 2018: Call centre capitalismBoots Riley is an American rapper, producer, screenwriter and film director.
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Apr 16, 2018: Movie review: the Young Karl MarxThe Young Karl Marx is a film directed by Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck.
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Apr 14, 2018: The fire last time: 1968 in the US and FranceThis year is the 50th anniversary of the events of 1968.
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Mar 20, 2018: Movie review: the Death of StalinThere can hardly be a less likely subject for a comedy than the death of Stalin and the power struggle...
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Jan 04, 2018: #MeToo and the fight against TrumpThis month is the one year anniversary of two earth-shaking events.
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Dec 02, 2017: The Spanish Civil War – a hidden historyLast year was the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War.
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Nov 11, 2017: To remember is to end all warThis November 11, as every year, Remembrance Day will be the day for governments to tout nationalism and parade veterans...
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Nov 08, 2017: Does the Russian Revolution still matter?How can an event that happened 100 years ago in a very different time and place matter to us today?...
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Oct 02, 2017: Self-determination for CataloniaThe forces of the Spanish state have begun brutal repression of Catalan citizens attempting to vote in the October 1...
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Sep 10, 2017: Review: Wind RiverFirst the good things about Taylor Sheridan's new movie "Wind River", which he directs and for which he wrote the...
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Jun 29, 2017: Capitalism and wagesWhen bosses and pundits bemoan the success of the $15 an hour minimum wage campaign here or in the US...
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Jun 21, 2017: Sexual liberation and the Russian revolution – 100 years onIt's often implied that the Marxist conception of revolution is only about overturning an economic system, capitalism, and that as...