Culture
‘Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class’ in review
August 18, 2023Black Folks opens with a story about how and why some of her ancestors chose to leave their Southern homes in the early 20th century, a story that serves as a narrative thread throughout the book.
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The birth and long life of ‘Peat Bog Soldiers’ on its 90th anniversary
August 17, 2023Few of the hundreds of songs in the antifascist repertoire became as popular as the “Song of the Peat Bog Soldiers,” written 90 years ago.
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‘Walid’ tracks down child traffickers in new Malaysian martial arts film
August 16, 2023The first hour emphasizes the importance of education and thoughtfully dramatizes the problem of the commodification of children and their abductions in the Third World.
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop with 5 conscious-raising albums
August 15, 2023History was made on Aug. 11, 1973, when Clive Campbell took to the stage at his sister’s back-to-school party in the Bronx.
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‘The Busing Battleground’ and ‘The Harvest’: An education in Black and white
August 15, 2023The Harvest and The Busing Battleground are not just historical artifacts. They are as much a primer as a requiem. Certainly they convey lessons in problematic experiments.
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