Book Review
How literature inspired, then justified Zionism: Ghassan Kanafani’s ‘On Zionist Literature’
February 28, 2025On a summer day in Beirut in 1972, a Palestinian man and his 17-year-old niece walked from their home to their car. He turned the key in the ignition, detonating a grenade, which triggered a plastic...
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‘A Life of the Party’ recalls ‘Daily Worker’ writer Amy Schechter
February 26, 2025The New York Times once called her “one of the most ardent among the New York radicals,” but you’d not likely encounter a review of Dave Schechter’s novelized biography of his great aunt in its sacred...
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Fighting fascism: Political lessons from Charlie Chaplin
February 21, 2025The famed entertainer’s political views and struggles in life can teach us some needed lessons for how to deal with the current political turmoil.
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‘Night Flyer’ book review: Grounding the mythos of Harriet Tubman with her political influence and worldview
February 20, 2025Mile presents a “faith biography” explaining that “Tubman was heroic, but she was not a superhero beyond the reach of our understanding, identification, and compassion.”
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‘Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World’: A review essay
February 5, 2025It took me more than a month to get through this book. I sometimes felt I was picking my way through a mosquito- and snake-infested forest guided by an impetuous Amazon warrior who opened her breast...
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