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The Horizons of Emancipatory Political Theater: Boal's Theater of the Oppressed in Light of Brecht and Rancière
Renato Flores, December 5, 2022
Renato Flores explores the development and impact of Brazilian dramaturg Augusto Boal's influential 'Theatre of the Oppressed,' historically contextualizing Boal's idiosyncratic approach to theater as a response to the work of Bertolt Brecht and contrasting it with the philosophy of Jacques Rancière. Read Article.
Learning From Each Other’s Oppression: Latin American Revolutionary Nationalist Music in the Liner Notes of Paredon Records
Jackson Albert Mann, December 11, 2024
Jackson Albert Mann examines the debate that took place over nationalism, internationalism, and musical aesthetics in the liner notes to albums of Latin American revolutionary nationalist music released by US-based, left-wing record label, Paredon Records, between 1969 and 1985. Read Article.
Uneven and Confused Development in Left Art Criticism: A Review of Adam Turl's 'Gothic Capitalism'
Patricia Manos, September 24, 2025
Adam Turl's recent work on art, Gothic Capitalism: Art Evicted From Heaven & Earth, substitutes aesthetic choices for concrete advice on cultural organizing, argues Patricia Manos. Read Article.
A True History of the IWW’s 'Little Red Songbook'; or, Why Do Socialists Struggle to Discuss Aesthetics?
Jackson Albert Mann, October 3, 2025
Jackson Albert Mann responds to recent, inaccurate commemorations of the IWW's Little Red Songbook with a meditation on the socialist movement's relationship to its artistic history and approach to aesthetic theory. Read Article.