Culture

New book on the many faces of crime writer Raymond Chandler

May 7, 2021 By Dennis Broe

A 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.

‘Stealing Chaplin’: The great gravediggers

May 5, 2021 By Ed Rampell

It 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.

‘Exterminate All the Brutes’: Heart of darkness, head of profit

May 3, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

Twelve centuries of brutal inhumanity packed into four hours.

Labor and culture unite for virtual May Day concert at HotHouse

April 30, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Celebrate International Workers Day with a program featuring Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Marvin Tate, and Bill MacKay, plus shout-outs from activists in the labor movement.

‘The envelope please’: Darnella Frazier deserved an Academy Award

April 27, 2021 By Ed Rampell

Darnella’s document, which reignited the Black Lives Matter uprising and America’s ongoing racial reckoning, could be entitled "10 Minutes That Shook the World."