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The Economics Of Killing

An expose of the military-industrial complex shows how its actions grease the transfer of resources from the poorest to the richest globally

The Fall

Will Stone was left pondering an incoherent outing

Scottish reel treat

This weekend sees a unique celebration of cinema at Glasgow's Southside Film Festival

Arts

Not for the masses, but from the masses

Wednesday 16 May 2012

The poetry of Ian Parks, the son of a South Yorkshire miner born in 1959, frequently touches on the issues he encountered growing up - the civil rights movement, the strikes of the Thatcher years and more generally the struggle and exile of the oppressed.

Vital Artery

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Artery magazine was launched during a period of intense class struggle in 1971 when the Tories introduced the Industrial Relations Act as a prelude to destroying manufacturing industries and social welfare.

The Burden + Incarceration

Monday 07 May 2012

These two exhibitions are curated from the archive of Albert Adams, who was born in South Africa in 1929 and died in 2007.

Arts ahead

Friday 04 May 2012

Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come

John Heartfield and Hanna' Malallah & kennard phillipps

Friday 04 May 2012

Since the late 19th-century invention of cheap reprographic printing processes, artists have grappled with the dilemma of making their works relevant to a public already inundated with sophisticated, mostly photographic, mass-media imagery.

Memorable art of plain verse speaking

Friday 27 April 2012

Nottingham publishers Shoestring Press and Five Leaves produce very different books. Shoestring's list includes a great many Greek and Australian poets while Five Leaves has specialised in Jewish and Yiddish poetry.

Arts ahead

Friday 27 April 2012

Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come

Well Versed: Temporary solution

Wednesday 25 April 2012

Pete the Temp is a well-known figure on London's busy spoken word scene, and his poetry cuts right to the nub of the disenchanted masses.

Reel inspiration: Ann Guedes

Monday 23 April 2012

Ann Guedes is a truly remarkable woman.

Cuba

Monday 23 April 2012

One of the largest and most prestigious displays of Cuban art so far in Britain goes on show in London and Glasgow from Monday.