One of the photos from the Communist Party of Israel Archives which is now on display in the second installment of The Kids Want Communism which has opened at MoBY: an Arab-Jewish Communist delegation from Palestine in a parade in Yugoslavia, 1947

The Kids Want Communism — Second Installment Opens at MoBY

The Kids Want Communism (TKWC) is an ongoing clandestine and public series of events marking ninety-nine years to the Bolshevik Revolution. A joint project of numerous individuals and organizations, TKWC hosts exhibitions, screenings, discussions, seminars, publications, programmatic texts, sci-fi snippets, exclusive images and interviews, all dedicated to keeping alive the hypothesis of universal emancipation. To…

Al-Midan Arabic-language theatre in Haifa

Amid Protests Culture Minister Regev Revokes Funding for al-Midan Theatre in Haifa

Culture Minister Miri Regev (Likud) decided on Tuesday, June 16, to freeze state funding for the al-Midan Arabic-language theatre. For months, the Haifa theatre has been staging the controversial play A Parallel Time. Earlier this month, Education Minister Naftali Bennett (HaBayit HaYehudi) removed the play from the educational culture stipend, stating that Israeli school-children should…

Israeli Artists Protest Anti-Democratic Intimidation by Right-Wing Government

More than 2,000 Israeli artists have signed a petition warning against anti-democratic measures being taken by the government against freedom of expression. The petition, entitled “The Blacklist: Members of the artistic community will not be silenced,” has been signed by well-know Israeli cultural figures, including veteran actress Gila Almagor, filmmaker Ronit Elkabetz, writer Yehonatan Geffen,…