Culture
‘9 to 5’: Documentary provides organizing lessons for working women today
May 10, 2021The Vietnam War raged. Student protests on campus became deadly. The Pill gave rise to the sexual revolution. Gender norms were challenged by the feminist movement. It was the 1970s in the United States.
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New book on the many faces of crime writer Raymond Chandler
May 7, 2021A new book by Ken Fuller, Raymond Chandler: The Man Behind the Mask, in its strongest moments concentrates on Chandler’s implied politics in his noir novels.
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‘Stealing Chaplin’: The great gravediggers
May 5, 2021It may not be City Lights, but 'Stealing Chaplin' has its own delights for general audiences and film buffs who will enjoy seeing Charlie back in the limelight.
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‘Exterminate All the Brutes’: Heart of darkness, head of profit
May 3, 2021Twelve centuries of brutal inhumanity packed into four hours.
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Labor and culture unite for virtual May Day concert at HotHouse
April 30, 2021Celebrate International Workers Day with a program featuring Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Marvin Tate, and Bill MacKay, plus shout-outs from activists in the labor movement.
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