Culture
Mike Davis, acclaimed Marxist activist, journalist, and historian, dies at 76
November 2, 2022Mike Davis was an authentic follower of Marx and Engels who lived his life wedding theory and praxis, enriching the world with his genuine concern and love for working people and their struggles for dignity.
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‘Omar’: Opera about an enslaved Muslim may become a runaway hit
November 1, 2022It’s a story of brutal enslavement in America, told in an accessible manner both in narrative and song. It’s a paean to survival despite hell, the will to live another day.
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‘A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting’ is a tragically relevant documentary
October 28, 2022The stories and struggles expressed in this film aren’t presented as something for viewers to just passively absorb.
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‘Radio Golf’: August Wilson’s final statement on race and class in America
October 28, 2022“No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has aimed so high and achieved so much in the American theater,” wrote John Lahr in The New Yorker.
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‘According to the Chorus’: A slice of working life on Broadway’s backstage
October 27, 2022There were a few glitches in it—stockings with tears, a black eye on one of the dancers, a badly sprained foot, a romantic breakup or two…. But these were all part of the show.
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