juliet-jacques

6 Articles by: Juliet Jacques

Juliet Jacques is a London-based writer, filmmaker, journalist, and host of socialist arts program Suite (212), broadcast on Resonance 104.4fm.

Laughing at the Void

British political comedy of the 1990s and 2000s satirized a low-stakes world of media management and spin. What happened when it tackled the tragedy and atrocity of the war in Iraq?

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Yes, Politics Do Belong in Sports

FC St. Pauli isn’t Germany’s best football club, but its resistance to commercialization has earned it a mass following around the world. Resisting the call to “keep politics out of sports,” its fans insist that what sports really need protecting from is the pervasive power of money.