Books
Crime novelist Dennis Broe recounts Hollywood’s 1950s ‘Dark Ages’ and lessons for now
February 26, 2025The Dark Ages by Dennis Broe is a noir murder mystery. It’s about a time when people with money influenced people with political power to restructure the United States economy for their own benefit.
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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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Hu Yamin’s new book on Chinese Marxist literary criticism
January 13, 2025Hu argues that Western Marxists have deviated from Marx’s focus on class struggle and revolutionary change.
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