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THE REVOLUTION not only liberated the Russian population politically and economically, it also gave a massive boost to the arts and culture.
There was a creative explosion in the visual arts, film, theatre, ballet, poetry, literature and music and in sport and fashion, accompanied by a massive improvement in working people's access to, and participation in, the arts and other cultural activities.
Progressive educational policies were linked to bold, imaginative attempts to connect the masses to culture, an example being the agit-trains and agit-boats carrying the political art of Vladimir Mayakovsky, El Lissitsky and Kasimir Malevich to hundreds of thousands of workers and peasants.
After Zohran Mamdani’s electoral win, BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK points to the forgotten role of US communists in New York’s radical politics
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes an exuberant blend of emotion and analysis that captures the politics and contrarian nature of the French composer
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
