arts and culture
The imperialist problem with ‘3 Body Problem’
April 3, 2024Netflix joins the cultural Cold War against China.
Read more‘Innocent Postcards’: Progressive poetry reflects 20th-century politics and culture
April 2, 2024John Pietaro continues to shine in the realm of proletarian literature, and his enthusiasm and support for essential progressive causes never cease.
Read more‘The Bespoke Overcoat’: Gogol’s giggles, ghosts and class struggle
March 28, 2024A theatrical adaptation of “The Overcoat,” a short story written in 1842 by the Ukrainian-born Nikolai Gogol, who along with Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Gorky is one of the most renowned contributors to Russian literature.
Read more‘Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal’
March 25, 2024There is much to be learned from the most calamitous environmental disaster in American History—so far.
Read morePan African Film Festival 2024: ‘Moments,’ ‘Maharlika,’ and ‘Black Best Friend’
March 21, 2024The L.A. premiere of writer/director Malachi Rivers’s Moments shatters stereotypes regarding African Americans in his 9-episode digital series of shorts that are each under 13 minutes long.
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