Connolly Youth Movement
The Soviets are frequently represented in fiction as comically excessive villains. The gulag is held up as the pinnacle of this malevolence, but is this focus on demonising socialist states a way for developers to avoid more relevant social criticism at home?
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Grand Theft Auto is a series with a justified reputation for excessive violence and hedonistic lifestyles, but is it possible to draw an anti-capitalist narrative from what might otherwise read as glorification?
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The islanders never really pick what they want to wear, Manchester-based Boohoo billionaires select it for them. The Kamani family trap islanders into fashion contracts before even starting the show.
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This review is part of Forward’s ongoing Critical & Cultural Analysis series, which will analyse political themes in popular
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Calling all Commie Queers, Leninist Lesbians and Republican Deviants! Feast your eyes and ears on Dublin’s most spectacular lefty night
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