history
At the Wende, ‘Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain’
December 20, 2019The extraordinarily vital and creative Wende Museum of the Cold War is currently commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Archives 1974: Communist leader Gus Hall on the Nixon impeachment and resignation
December 19, 2019Hall called Nixon’s exit a “positive step,” but warned that the forces behind his conspiracy” were still in power. They still are today.
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‘Fire in My Mouth’: Julia Wolfe’s choral response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
December 18, 2019Great tragedy often inspires great art.
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Search finds possible mass graves of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims
December 18, 2019The white mob violence in 1921 left as many as 300 dead and over 1,200 homes and businesses burned to the ground in Tulsa’s black neighborhood of Greenwood.
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Three historic TV features on radical composer Marc Blitzstein now available for viewing
December 13, 2019All three videos have been posted complete on YouTube, free and available to all.
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