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“All American Girl” asks "who will save the children?"
July 22, 2015This play follows Katie, a bright and attractive girl committed to rescuing innocents from hardship and poverty, as she evolves into a passionate extremist.
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Narratives from the 2015 Toronto Film Festival
October 19, 2015As mentioned in a previous column, documentaries are not always more truthful that fiction films.
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Black comedy “Armadillo Necktie” exposes open wound of U.S. in Iraq
June 24, 2016A new self-described "jet-black comedy" takes on the national American character at the apogee of its foreign "nation building" enterprise.
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Drug cartel violence has political, economic roots
March 19, 2009CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico -- Recent media reports about Mexico picture a country near collapse, with police and army outgunned by well-armed and organized drug cartels. U.S. government travel warnings speak of “small unit combat” taking place against cartel units equipped with uniforms, heavy automatic weapons and even grenades. In several locations, Mexican Army troops have fought pitched battles for control of municipal police stations, with casualties on both sides and...
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A look back at 2005: No mandate, no surrender! was the battle cry!
December 16, 2005On Nov. 3, 2004, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney convened a news conference at the labor federation’s headquarters to comment on George W. Bush’s narrow presidential win the night before. Sweeney was bleary-eyed, exhausted, and clearly disappointed, yet he threw down a ringing challenge. “Yesterday’s election was breathtakingly close,” he said. “There is clearly no conservative mandate for our nation.” The labor movement, he added, “will fight like hell” to block...
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Villa Grimaldi: Chiles memorial to victims of torture
June 08, 2007Despite the restoration of many democratic freedoms in Chile over the past decade, the country is still saddled with the “Pinochet constitution,” a document that is skewed in favor of the interests of foreign corporations, big business, the military and the conservative parties. The struggle to democratize the country remains a high priority.
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Tug-of-war in Germany between forces for peace and militarists
September 14, 2020As in the U.S., the militarists push for war while Germany and Europe can clearly benefit from peace.
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Media narratives about China endanger world peace
September 16, 2020In recent months, Americans have received a barrage of news on TV, social media, and even late-night talk shows discussing the “aggressive” actions of the People’s Republic of China.
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Fernando Botero at 90: Works featured at the Museum of Latin American Art
January 06, 2023Also, don’t miss the work of up-and-coming artist Narsiso Martinez.
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Iraqi women fight for their future amidst new kind of war
April 14, 2006When I telephoned Huda Al-Jazairy in Baghdad exactly two years ago, a bomb had fallen 12 feet from her house. At that time, she told me, “There is no security.” But as bad as it was in 2004, now it’s “below zero.”
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