Belarus: art, football and revolution in Vitebsk
You won’t have missed the huge protests in Belarus against the repressive regime – but you might have missed the beautiful new football kit worn by FC Vitebsk
Holy picket lines, Batman! Marxism and superheroes, part two: the struggle
Sasha Simic looks at how comic book superheroes responded to the Civil Rights movement, strikes and struggle – and to the onset of the Thatcher and Reagan years and 9/11
A critique of the Gotham programme: Marxism and superheroes
Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the X-Men… Comic book superheroes are big business, they’ve been used as wartime propaganda and condemned for their “lurid, unsavoury, gruesome illustrations”, Sasha Simic reveals