Culture

Rekindling socialism with Eugene V. Debs
April 12, 2008 By Tim Pelzer
BOOK REVIEW The Eugene V. Debs Reader: Socialism and the Class Struggle Edited by William A. Pelz Institute of Working Class History, 2008 $17.50, paperback, 205 pp Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926), one of America’s most famous...
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Rekindling socialism with Eugene V. Debs
April 5, 2008 By Tim Pelzer
Title: The Eugene V. Debs Reader: Socialism and the Class Struggle Publisher: Institute of Working Class History, 2008, 205 pages Author: Edited by William A. Pelz, Introduction by Howard Zinn Correction: An earlier version of this...
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Mexican museum honors Day of the Dead
November 2, 2007 By Pepe Lozano
At the museum, one ofrenda on display was dedicated to the memory of 32 Chicago Public School students who died, mostly to gun violence, during the 2006-2007 school year.
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Filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, lifelong radical
June 22, 2007 By Dennis Laumann
His films tackled the most contentious issues in Africa, frequently provoking the indignation of the ruling class of both his home country and its former colonizer.
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Paul Robeson: The tallest tree in our forest
April 7, 2006 By Marilyn Bechtel
Paul Robeson’s legacy in the 21st century OAKLAND — Fifty years ago, when legendary civil rights and peace leader, athlete, and artist Paul Robeson was being hounded by McCarthy-era witch-hunting committees, deprived of his livelihood and...
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