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Friday, 12 January 2024 13:04

A lurid labyrinth of bestial bureaucracy: Julian Assange and Wikileaks

Written by Brett Gregory

Brett Gregory interviews Dr. Matthew Alford, Lecturer in Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath (UK) BG: Hi, this is the UK Desk for Arts Express, and my name is Brett Gregory. Antonio Gramsci, Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Bertrand Russell, Benazir Bhutto … Just a handful of…

Thursday, 11 January 2024 14:05

Mr. Bates Goes to London: The Post Office scandal and the series that exposed it

Written by Dennis Broe

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A simple four-part television series, Mr. Bates vs The Post Office, has prompted the head of that agency to give back her title as a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for her part in wreaking havoc in her corner of the “empire.” It’s led to the proposal of special…

Tuesday, 26 December 2023 10:02

One more just war or just one more war? The New York Times and all the military propaganda that’s fit to print.

Written by Dennis Broe

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The so-called 'Biden Neocons' are part of the Uniparty of Democrats and Republicans who have minor quibbles but one major agreement. That is their unequivocal support for the American military, and more important behind that, American arms manufacturers. This is the United States of Raytheon (whose former board member is…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 15 December 2023 09:36

Frugality and austerity trump creativity: the top 25 global TV series in 2023

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reviews this year's TV series from around the world. Above image: Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson’s Churchill without the statesmanship American TV series, which had led the world in both number, length and amount of episodes, were severely cut back this year in light of a general retrenchment…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 04 December 2023 11:31

The TV Season of Our Discontent: Streaming and Striking in 2023

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Written by Dennis Broe

Dennis Broe reports on the ups and downs of the U.S. streaming industry in 2023. Image above: SAG-AFTRA members join WGA members on the picket lines outside of Hollywood studios, courtesy of Jason Nelson/Decrypt. The year in the TV business can be broken into three parts. The year began, following…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Friday, 10 November 2023 09:53

Livestreaming Genocide: With Ads, or Genocide Plus With No Ads

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Written by Dennis Broe

This summer, writers and actors were marching on picket lines trying to save their jobs and secure at least a working wage in ever more expensive Los Angeles. With no new product in sight, streaming audiences turned to a little-known Netflix series called Suits about a group of lawyers –…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 08 November 2023 15:58

The media and Gaza: 'A textbook case of genocide'

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Written by David Edwards

An authentic democracy cannot be psychopathic because most people are not psychopaths. Most people would not vote to kill, wound and displace hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians for power, profit or territorial gain. Most people do not accept the great lie of ‘pragmatism’: that ‘the anarchical society’ of international…

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Thursday, 27 July 2023 07:41

Public service broadcasting vs. competitive capitalist profit-making: the crisis at RTÉ

Written by Rod Stoneman

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The current implosion at RTÉ is not merely a short-term issue of corporate governance and public accountability. Its provenance goes a long way back in the history of the organisation and extends beyond the current spectacle of executives and board scrabbling for plausible deniability. It raises fundamental questions about the…

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Tuesday, 25 July 2023 08:04

Challenging the Corporate Lords of Film and TV

Written by Dennis Broe

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Hollywood writers and actors are on strike, the first time both unions have been on strike at the same time since 1960. It’s thrown the industry into an uproar, as both groups are subverting some of the main precepts of not only the Hollywood film and television industry but the…

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Tuesday, 25 July 2023 07:41

And Just Like That...

Written by Alan McGuire

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Business ontology was described by Mark Fisher: "Over the past thirty years, capitalist realism has successfully installed a ‘business ontology’ in which it is simply obvious that everything in society, including healthcare and education, should be run as a business". This mode of thought has led to the use of…

Tuesday, 20 June 2023 10:05

How corporate media downplays climate destruction: Part One

Written by Dennis Broe

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Dennis Broe, in the first of to articles, describes how corporate media in all its forms downplays climate destruction. Above: New York skyline, with soot Fredric Jameson’s famous dictum that “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism” has been taken up wholeheartedly by…

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