Culture
Refugees in Toronto: Reporting from the international film festival
November 8, 2017Two master filmmakers have again addressed the issue of immigration and refugees and the tragic toll it takes on nations and the immigrants themselves. Both films were featured at the Toronto International Film Festival and they...
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This week in history: Centennial of the October Revolution in Russia
November 6, 2017This week we publish the poem “October” by Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof (or Mariengof in Russian), who lived from 1897 to 1962.
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Eisenstein’s “Ten Days That Shook the World” screens in L.A.
November 3, 2017As the grand finale to the Ten Films That Shook the World film series , the Los Angeles Workers Center and Hollywood Progressive present Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 revolutionary classic.
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Reclaiming Gotham: New York’s Bill de Blasio and urban American politics
November 3, 2017Veteran Latino journalist Juan Gonzalez presents a basically optimistic view not only of New York City’s recent progress, but also that of many other American cities.
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“This Land”: A street in Watts, way back when, then and now
November 1, 2017This Land covers a lot of ground while staying in the same place.
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