“The Mauritanian” Mohamedou Ould Slahi has become the public face of the prosecution against the US prison camp Guantánamo, where he was imprisoned and severely tortured for 14 years. But despite being released 10 years ago, and his innocence proven beyond doubt, he is not allowed to travel to Duisburg. The German authorities continue to treat him as a “terrorist.”
The selection, which also included animations, offered some whimsical pieces, many focused on individual emotions, as well as thoughtful explorations of social and historical issues.
Green's book shows that, beneath the familiar myth of the reactionary Southwest, there lay a vibrant world of tenant-farmer revolt, labor militancy, and interracial socialist organizing.
While widely known and respected among musicians, Hammond purposefully avoided the trappings of celebrity bestowed upon “big name” artists.
It is another indication of the broad-based opposition to the Trump administration and its drive toward dictatorship, including its vicious anti-immigrant witch-hunt.
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
The second season of The Pitt is being aired in the midst of historical events that have thrust healthcare workers into the spotlight in an unprecedented manner.
With its explosive entry into social consciousness looking ever smaller in the rearview mirror, Squid Game’s third season sets out to close its story saga while seeding potential for a financially lucrative successor.
The selection, which also included animations, offered some whimsical pieces, many focused on individual emotions, as well as thoughtful explorations of social and historical issues.
Van Sant has said the story interested him because it echoes today’s anger at corporate greed and financial institutions.
The portrait of a ruling class marked by an absolute contempt for collective interests, culture, and human life is the strongest and most universal aspect of Mendonça’s film.
In an interview, the film’s young director correctly noted: “We can’t really understand the German judicial system without taking its Nazi past into account."
While widely known and respected among musicians, Hammond purposefully avoided the trappings of celebrity bestowed upon “big name” artists.
Viewers complained at the censorship on social media, with one commenting, “I’ve never known the Brits bleep out so much stuff.”
A remastered and much improved reissue of the controversial sixth studio album by the British progressive rock band Yes, Tales from Topographic Oceans, has been released as a 50th anniversary super deluxe edition.
Formally, it could be described as a blues-rock album, but it is more importantly a call to fight against the fascist regime emerging in the US. This is a welcome development among popular musicians.
The presentation of 'Where Is America Going? Fascism or Socialism', featuring David North at the Leipzig Book Fair, met with strong interest and underscored the growing interest in a socialist perspective against fascism and war.
A serious artistic appraisal of the Troubles, and serious attempts to understand their effect at a personal level, would have to begin from a historical and political understanding both of British imperialism and the limitations of bourgeois nationalism.
Gorky’s novel, chronicling the vast social changes and processes that led to the 1917 October Revolution, deserves the widest possible rediscovery and recognition today, a century after being published.
With great empathy for the Soviet people, the German-American historian Jochen Hellbeck deliberately opposes the efforts to minimize the crimes of Nazism and the decisive contribution of the Red Army and the Soviet people to the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Central to Hellbeck’s analysis is the link between Nazi anti-Semitism and anti-Communism.
The mass anti-government agitation in Sri Lanka “was the result of real class differences in our society, the divisions between the haves and the have nots” – Prasanna Vithanage
One of his most accomplished works is Omar, a 2013 film about a young Palestinian baker (Adam Bakri) who becomes involved in complex political and moral matters.
“I strongly denounce state-sponsored witch-hunt and prosecution against artists and activists who have come forward against Israel’s genocide.”
Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to “get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life.”
