19 June 2012

Bristol Central Socialist Party: Art and Politics

Should we just view art aesthetically, or see it as a product of its historical context? Is art stifled in class society, and can it be a force for social change? Dan Smart looks at the relationship between...

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19 October 2011

Workplace news in brief

TV license strike: About 50-60 TV licensing workers in Bristol, members of the CWU, gathered from various picket lines for a short rally to mark the first day of their strike on 17 October, writes Tom Baldwin.

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14 October 2011

Sotheby's 'bad for art'

Art handlers at auction house Sotheby's salerooms in New York, members of the Teamsters union, took their protests to a London art auction

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26 November 2008

Art and revolution

What is the relationship between art, revolution, capitalism and class struggle? This year was the first time there was a commission on 'art and revolution' at the annual summer school of the Committee...

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2 April 2008

From Russia: French and Russian master paintings 1870-1925 from Moscow and St Petersburg

Review: Henri Matisse's painting The Dance, 1910 adorns tube stations and advertising billboards across London...

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