Culture
History: The Black national anthem ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ is first performed
February 14, 2023“What are we to do with the ugliness that comes with loving a country with soil rich from the bloodshed of those who shoulder the trauma of its creation—from the pillaging of the land to the...
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New film dramatization ‘Argentina, 1985’: Finding justice?
February 14, 2023A chilling dramatization of the trial of the military leaders who took control of Argentina between 1977 and 1983.
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Bertolt Brecht (and me)
February 13, 2023Regardless of his sometimes sharp but always constructive criticism, Brecht supported the GDR attempt to build a socialist state in Germany with all his heart.
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Where have all the comedians gone? Just asking…
February 13, 2023The U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine has prompted a default line in many places in Western societies but none more prominent perhaps than in comedy, where comic heroes and satirists of the past have...
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Albert Maltz’s ‘A Tale of One January’ finally published in the U.S.
February 10, 2023To celebrate the rediscovery of Albert Maltz and the republication of A Tale of One January, Alma Books caught up with literature professor Patrick Chura.
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