The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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A communist heroine
ANGUS REID examines the life and work of Gerda Taro, the woman who invented political photojournalism
COMMUNIST PIONEER: (L to R) Gerda Taro; Gerda Taro, Guadalajara front, July 1937
[Pic: G Taro / Walter Reuter/CC]
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
GERDA TARO’s funeral on August 8 1937, which would have been her 27th birthday, was a moment of immense propaganda value for the left in a struggle that was not yet lost.
Pravda wrote: “Millions and millions of women, when they decide to take a stand against Fascism, will remember brave little Gerda,” and thousands turned out for the event.
It was organised by the fledgling French communist newspaper Ce Soir for which, as part of an 18-strong team reporting from Spain, Taro had been a photojournalist.
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