Culture
‘The Gadfly,’ an Irishwoman’s novel of revolutionaries: Remembering Ethel Voynich
July 24, 2020What was this book, so widely read by Republicans in Ireland and the Labour movement in Britain in its own day?
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Apocalypse Rot, a quarantined poem
July 17, 2020"Who knew the apocalypse would come by way of cough?"
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Can romance transcend class? Hochschild’s ‘Rebel Cinderella’ in review
July 15, 2020The personal story celebrates Rose Pastor Stokes, a young communist woman who could not be corrupted by wealth. The political story documents a reactionary America, belligerent with anti-communist hysteria.
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They stream movies, don’t they? ‘City of Tiny Lights’ and ‘Hamilton’
July 14, 2020For 4th of July weekend, Disney+ served up an exquisitely well-filmed but troubling version of the mega New York theater hit Hamilton about the country’s founding fathers.
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New documentary film on Congresswoman Barbara Lee: She speaks for me!
July 13, 2020Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California’s 13th District, representing Oakland and Berkeley, voted against Joint Resolution 23, the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, 2001.
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