Culture
New book: U.S. ‘national security’ born from Anti-Asian racism and white supremacist ideology
December 19, 2023Menace to Empire shows how the racist foreign policy frameworks that drove U.S. operations and policies in the early twentieth century continue to shape today’s foreign and domestic conditions.
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‘Wonka’ review: A condemnation of wealthy elites the whole family can enjoy
December 18, 2023While the movie isn’t shouting “Down with the system!” from the chocolate rooftops, Wonka portrays the struggle against greedy candy capitalists.
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The brutality of our tragedies: An interview with Brazilian novelist Fernando Bonassi
December 15, 2023With the novel Violence, Fernando Bonassi completes one of the most bruising trilogies in the last twenty years of Brazilian literature.
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Paul Lynch novel ‘Prophet Song’: A wake-up call for democracy
December 14, 2023Paul Lynch’s Cassandra call has touched a nerve among the middle classes. May it be a wakeup call.
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‘Maestro,’ the new biopic on Leonard Bernstein, reveals as much as conceals
December 13, 2023For what it covers, as a non-linear human interest story that happens to involve some very well-known people, Maestro is magisterial and wonderful.
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