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Canadian author Stephen Gowans’s fresh view of Korea’s struggle for freedom

August 22, 2019 By Tim Pelzer

For those wanting to learn about modern Korean history, Stephen Gowans’s Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom is highly recommended.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Freudian ‘Frankenstein’ on stage in Pasadena

August 21, 2019 By Ed Rampell

A Noise Within’s (ANW) Frankenstein is one of the most striking plays I’ve ever seen.

‘American Factory’ offers hope, dismay and a more automated future

August 20, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

I won’t wait to the end of this review to state that this is must viewing for anyone interested in the future of American labor and the nature of Chinese industry and its labor force.

IWO: Book traces workers’ efforts to insure themselves against capitalism’s failures

August 19, 2019 By Tony Pecinovsky

The International Workers Order was an insurance company like none ever seen - a Communist-led mutual aid society to shield its members from capitalist evils.

‘Fefu and Her Friends’: Fornés’s feminist odyssey at the Odyssey

August 16, 2019 By Ed Rampell

With its cast of eight, Fefu is well acted and not without humor—although it is more of the ironic, sardonic sort than the laugh-out-loud brand found in most comedies.