Art & Socialism: Lectures & Essays
The future of art in an age of crisis—Part 2
By David Walsh, April 22, 2009
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. This is the second and concluding part.
The future of art in an age of crisis—Part 1
By David Walsh, April 21, 2009
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.
WSWS arts editor David Walsh speaks at meetings in San Diego and Los Angeles
By our correspondents, March 4, 2009
In meetings at San Diego State University and at the Santa Monica Public Library in the Los Angeles last week, WSWS Arts Editor David Walsh addressed students, artists and workers on “The future of ...
The Writer and Revolution: WSWS arts editor David Walsh in conversation with Trevor Griffiths—Part 1
December 11, 2008
On November 12 WSWS arts editor David Walsh and screenwriter-playwright Trevor Griffiths held a discussion on the subject of “The Writer and Revolution.” We are posting an edited version of the ev...
Sydney Opera House architect, Jørn Utzon dies
By Paul Bartizan, December 10, 2008
Jørn Utzon, whose name is bound to his greatest, and perhaps one of the world’s best-known post-World War II pieces of architecture, the Sydney Opera House, died in his sleep aged 90 on Saturday, N...
A public lecture by David Walsh in the UK
Art and socialism: the real premises
November 26, 2008
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.
Trevor Griffiths and David Walsh discuss “The Writer and Revolution”
By our reporter, November 13, 2008
A unique discussion on “The Writer and Revolution” between acclaimed playwright Trevor Griffiths and WSWS Arts Editor David Walsh took place Wednesday in Manchester, England.
Socialist Equality Party UK public meetings
Art and Socialism—a talk by David Walsh, WSWS arts editor
By the, October 25, 2008
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
A Comment on Art and the Marxist Party
By Joanne Laurier, October 11, 2008
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.
The Aesthetic Component of Socialism
October 11, 2008
The following lecture was delivered on January 9, 1998 to the International Summer School on Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century, organised by the Socialist Equality Party (Austra...
Film, history and socialism
Part Two
By David Walsh, January 23, 2007
We are posting here the concluding part of a talk given by David Walsh, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site, to a meeting organized by graduate film students January 17 at York University in T...
Film, history and socialism
Part One
By David Walsh, January 22, 2007
We are posting here the first part of a talk given by David Walsh, arts editor of the World Socialist Web Site, to a meeting organized by graduate film students January 17 at York University in Toront...


