Culture
‘Workers of the Empire, Unite!’ New book on challenges to British imperialism
May 13, 2021A new essay collection on how the global workers’ movement challenged the might of the British empire.
Read more‘9 to 5’: Documentary provides organizing lessons for working women today
May 10, 2021The Vietnam War raged. Student protests on campus became deadly. The Pill gave rise to the sexual revolution. Gender norms were challenged by the feminist movement. It was the 1970s in the United States.
Read moreNew book on the many faces of crime writer Raymond Chandler
May 7, 2021A new book by Ken Fuller, Raymond Chandler: The Man Behind the Mask, in its strongest moments concentrates on Chandler’s implied politics in his noir novels.
Read more‘Stealing Chaplin’: The great gravediggers
May 5, 2021It may not be City Lights, but 'Stealing Chaplin' has its own delights for general audiences and film buffs who will enjoy seeing Charlie back in the limelight.
Read more‘Exterminate All the Brutes’: Heart of darkness, head of profit
May 3, 2021Twelve centuries of brutal inhumanity packed into four hours.
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