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‘Shusenjo’: The WWII ‘comfort women’ issue receives a startling documentary film treatment
October 8, 2019To silence women and deny abuses and atrocities against them is unacceptable and unsupportable.
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‘Walk with Gandhi’ on the 150th anniversary of his birth
October 8, 2019This book is a gleaming, wonderfully enriching pleasure in terms of aesthetic appreciation and engaging the mind.
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Rembrandt: His times and his art on the 350th anniversary of his death
October 3, 2019Rembrandt anticipated a democratic culture that was yet to come. He was the first to place modern knowledge, understanding, and therefore doubt, at the center of his art.
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“Intersectional before it was cool”: The women’s movement during state socialism
October 3, 2019Without a doubt, the Cold War was a very productive moment for women's rights because the Eastern Bloc once championed them on the international stage.
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Henry Winston’s Laugh
October 2, 2019A poetic tribute to the memory of Henry Winston, a long-time national chair of the Communist Party USA.
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