Culture
‘An American Soldier’: New opera asks troubling questions about citizenship
June 8, 2018Hazing becomes racial harassment becomes sadistic torture becomes death. This was the experience of Pvt. Danny Chen in the U.S. Army.
Read more‘The Workers Cup’: New documentary tackles soccer and slavery
June 7, 2018There’s a bigger game at play here - that of class struggle - and we're part of it in some way, not mere bystanders in the crowd.
Read moreRoseanne failed to capture spirit of the U.S. working class
June 6, 2018The portrayal of white working-class families as having no political consciousness is played out and lazy.
Read moreShakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’: An ancient class struggle epic with modern topicality
June 5, 2018In the first act the company’s timing was occasionally off, but by Act II they were off and flying into the wild blue yonder.
Read more‘Cargo’: Netflix’s Australian zombie film spotlights Aboriginal talent and struggle
June 1, 2018Some of the Aboriginal characters find out that the real fear shouldn’t be of the undead, but of the racist humans left behind.
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