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Arts editor David Walsh speaks on the centenary of the October Revolution

What the Russian Revolution meant for modern art and culture

This talk was given in Chicago and in Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, Michigan, in late 2017 and early 2018 to mark the centenary of the October Revolution.

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A talk given in San Diego, Berkeley, and Ann Arbor

Art, war and social revolution

This talk was given by WSWS arts editor David Walsh at San Diego State University, University of California Berkeley, and University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in April and May.

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A presentation by WSWS arts editor David Walsh

The crisis of American filmmaking & cultural life

Arts editor David Walsh addressed some of the current problems in American cultural life, and their historical roots, in a recent talk.

David Walsh

Bolshevism and the avant-garde artists (1993)

The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde, 1915–1932 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, in 1992-1993, was a major event. David Walsh wrote a series of articles in the Bulletin, a predecessor of the WSWS, which we began republishing February 13 in three parts. Here is the entire piece.

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In praise of George Eliot’s Adam Bede on its 150th anniversary

This year marked the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, along with Marx’s A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy. The publication of George Eliot’s Adam Bede in 1859 also deserves to be noted.

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The future of art in an age of crisis

WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently delivered a talk on “The Future of Art in an Age of Crisis” in a number of US cities. We are posting that lecture in two parts, beginning today.

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A public lecture by David Walsh in the UK

Art and socialism: the real premises

WSWS arts editor David Walsh recently delivered a talk on “Art and socialism” in a number of cities in Britain. We’re posting that lecture today.

Socialist Equality Party UK public meetings

Art and Socialism—a talk by David Walsh, WSWS arts editor

Global capitalism has entered its greatest crisis since the 1930s. The economic slump will undoubtedly lead to a widespread radicalization, as all the myths about the "free market" are shattered.

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A Comment on Art and the Marxist Party

I would like to expand on one question raised in the lecture: the objective character of artistic cognition and the significance of its study for revolutionaries.

Joanne Laurier