Culture

Arise, Africa! Roar, China!: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

August 24, 2023 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Historian Gao Yunxiang documents the experiences of five individuals—W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Robeson, Liu Liangmo, Si-lan Chen Leyda, and Langston Hughes—through the lens of anti-imperialist working-class struggles for freedom.

‘Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention & Resistance,’ a book review

August 23, 2023 By Jamal Rich

Kovalik does a great job tracing U.S. interventionism in Nicaragua and its attempts to “claim” the land and resources through its imperialist Monroe Doctrine approach.

‘A View from the Bridge’: It’s a Miller time, of rats and men

August 22, 2023 By Ed Rampell

Bridge is a searing exploration of troubled family dynamics, incestuous urges and repressed homosexuality, betrayal, as well as a dramatization of the plight of “illegal” immigrants.

‘Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare’: An engrossing museum treatment of cultural repression

August 21, 2023 By Eric A. Gordon

In an authoritative, comprehensive exhibition currently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center, visitors can explore the history and impact of the Hollywood Red Scare and its contemporary implications.

‘Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class’ in review

August 18, 2023 By Joel Wendland-Liu

Black 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.