Siobhan McGuirk

Epitaph to a generation: John Akomfrah interview March 2012
Siobhan McGuirk speaks to John Akomfrah about his new film – and the 2011 riots

Occupy: A turning point in US politics? December 2011
Siobhan McGuirk visits the Occupy camp in Washington DC

Crowd allowed August 2011
Siobhan McGuirk on the way inspiring new documentary Just Do It was made

Film review: Unwrapping the drugs debate July 2011
Siobhan McGuirk reviews ‘Cocaine Unwrapped’, a documentary that asks good questions but avoids too many answers

From kitchen sink to fish tank June 2011
Siobhan McGuirk traces the history of social realism in British cinema as the genre starts to make a comeback

Youth rises against bloodshed in Mexico, armed with poetry and art April 2011
Maria Felix and Siobhan McGuirk report on the growing protest backlash against the war on drugs in Mexico.

Mexico: The casualties of war February 2011
Behind the bloody headlines of Mexico’s war on drugs, creeping militarism and corruption is silencing public dissent. Government policy failures are leading to social breakdown, writes Siobhan McGuirk with Maria Felix

Media empowerment September 2010
Siobhan McGuirk talks to the Adbusters Media Foundation

From Barking to Venice September 2010
Siobhan McGuirk meets collaborative art and architecture practice muf

All together now July 2010
The feminist fightback against cuts needs to come from the grassroots, says Siobhan McGuirk

Putting the protest back in Pride July 2010
Siobhan McGuirk reports on the fight to reclaim Pride in Manchester and beyond

Slash and burn at the Beeb July 2010
The BBC has barely been out of the headlines in recent months, not least since the publication of its major strategy review. Siobhan McGuirk asked trade unionists and industry figures what they think needs to change at the corporation

Beating Burma’s blackout December 2009
The film Burma VJ brings Burma's struggle for freedom into close proximity to its audience and is generating new solidarity efforts as a result. Siobhan McGuirk investigates

Essay response: Many paths June 2009
A revitalised left needs to consider what exactly it wants before it can determine how to achieve it, says Siobhan McGuirk

Occupations against the Occupation May 2009
Siobahn McGuirk reports from the student occupation at the University of Manchester, the longest in the wave of student militancy over Gaza

Wake up and smell the roses April 2008
Campaigners are exposing the conditions that predominantly women workers suffer in Kenya to bring cheap cut flowers to western Europe, writes Siobhan McGuirk

Letting people speak March 2008
Siobhan McGuirk talks to Kim Longinotto about the growing interest in documentaries, their potential power to move and stir people and explores what kind of documentaries give people a sense of agency