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“American Hustle” is not a masterpiece, it’s just a lot of fun

January 16, 2014

"American Hustle" isn't an art experience; it isn't a universal story and it won't change your life or your attitude. It's only what movies are made to be: fun.

“Poetry that Gives Birth to Revolution”

January 15, 2014 By Christopher D. Sims

"We need powerful empowering poetry..."

Amiri Baraka, preeminent poet and activist, dies at age 79

January 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Amiri Baraka, one of the country's preeminent African American poets, playwrights and activists died Thursday at Newark's Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness.

“Opposing Jim Crow”: How African Americans helped shape Soviet antiracism

January 7, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Opposing Jim Crow: African Americans and the Soviet Indictment of U.S. Racism, 1928-1937" critically investigates what she calls "Soviet antiracism."

Start the year with some great labor films

January 2, 2014 By Bill Meyer

Let me quickly recommend some lesser known labor films worth your attention.