Culture
Mr. Bates goes to London: The Post Office scandal exposed on a TV series
January 17, 2024The series is terrific at spotlighting, not only a particular miscarriage of justice, but also a more systematic attack on both the collectivity of workers in the service industry and the almost gloating sneer at their...
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‘Art Shields: The People’s Scribe,’ an online presentation and discussion, January 25
January 16, 2024He covered it all: As a reporter for the Daily Worker, antecedent to People’s World, on the front lines in Spain, as a labor journalist, and organizer himself.
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Cory Doctorow’s The Internet Con: The long con of boring politics
January 12, 2024“This is a shovel-ready book. It explains, in nontechnical language, how to dismantle Big Tech’s control over our digital lives.”
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Dennis Broe’s ‘The House That Buff Built,’ latest in L.A. noir crime fiction
January 11, 2024The House That Buff Built by Dennis Broe is the fourth in a series of Harry Palmer mysteries set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Progressive musicians in the spotlight at Toronto International Film Festival
January 10, 2024Some important film releases about music celebrities premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and they all have a connection to progressive struggle.
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