29th March +2
What I’d like to see is Article 50 being revoked, but I don’t expect that to happen yet, if at all. So we need something to happen this week to persuade the EU to grant a long extension. (That of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Election surprises and imponderables
A friend in Mexico asks me about the election. Can the left win? This is what I write back. Gramsci’s famous dictum is very relevant: pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. Objectively it doesn’t look like Labour can … Continue reading
Election Call: Politics out of sync
The mainstream media seem to have already decided. The Tories can’t fail to win. Labour is going to be routed. Yet Mrs May’s opportunist election call is a signal of her weakness in the face of Brexit, belated recognition … Continue reading
Cuba: After the Burial
A more interesting question to ask after his death is not what Fidel Castro was – a revolutionary hero? a tyrannical dictator? a beneficent dictator? – but who would now call themselves a Fidelista and what will become of Fidelismo? … Continue reading
Posted in Cuba, Cultural Politics, Film matters, Politics
Tagged Cuba, Film Festival, Money, Politics
Comments Off on Cuba: After the Burial
Questions about ‘Money Puzzles
Some questions I’ve been asked about ‘Money Puzzles’, ahead of the first UK screenings in Crewe, London and Liverpool over the next few days. What are the origins of ‘Money Puzzles’ and how do they fit in with your background … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Debtology, Documentary, Notice, Politics
Tagged Argentina, Capitalism, Debt, Documentary, Greece, Money, Politics, Protest, Resistance
Comments Off on Questions about ‘Money Puzzles
Stop ¡Basta!
For over fifty years, radical and independent filmmakers across Latin America have been making films targeting the history of Latin America’s domination by imperialist powers and above all, in the twentieth century, the USA, whose methods have been economic exploitation, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Politics, Latin America, Politics, Protests
Tagged Latin America, Protest, Resistance
Comments Off on Stop ¡Basta!
‘Money Puzzles’ almost ready
Almost ready. About to get delivery of the first DVD preview copies of ‘Money Puzzles’, and then I’m off to Lisbon, where its first screening takes place at Doclisboa on 29th October. Over the eighteen months I’ve been making ‘Money … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Debtology, Documentary, Politics, Protests
Tagged Capitalism, Debt, Greece, Spain, Video activism
Comments Off on ‘Money Puzzles’ almost ready
How to film politics
Towards the end of Ken Loach’s film In conversation with Jeremy Corbyn, there’s a moment when Corbyn reflects on what he’s been hearing from the group of people he’s been listening to. It’s been a very valuable discussion, he remarks, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Politics, Documentary, Film matters, Politics
Tagged Documentary, Politics
Comments Off on How to film politics
The Music of Politics
It was an unexpectedly amusing moment when Cameron was caught ‘humming’ to himself as he went back into No.10 after announcing his handover to Theresa May, unaware that his microphone was still open. Even more entertaining was the rapid reaction … Continue reading
Brexit, Labour & the Media
What the anti-Corbynistas are doing is unconscionable. In pursuing their cackhanded coup, they are abdicating from intervention in the process of negotiating Brexit. They wouldn’t admit it, likely not even to themselves, but this might even be one reason why … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Notice, Politics, Protests
Tagged Corbyn, Labour Party, Media, Politics, Resistance
Comments Off on Brexit, Labour & the Media