Culture
Brian Willson, a profile in pacifist courage at the Awareness Film Festival
October 19, 2017“In America, if you say ‘Brian Wilson,’ people think the Beach Boys, but in Nicaragua if you say ‘Brian Willson,’ people think of the peace activist."
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“The Consul”: 1950 opera still a powerful affirmation of humanity
October 18, 2017Italian-American opera composer Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) had his first big popular success with this full-length “musical drama."
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Defend Black women: Jemele Hill’s ESPN suspension enables Trump’s agenda
October 11, 2017Hill stood up for justice, and it’s imperative that others stand with her.
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Going Rogue: The original American Antifa?
September 21, 2017As the Nazis ride again, British playwright Oliver Cotton’s brilliant play "Daytona" is about how fascism impacts and haunts survivors throughout their lives.
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Red masquerade: Helping the FBI take down the Communist Party
August 31, 2017Long before the current occupant of the White House, his kindred spirits, like J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, were already vowing to "take their country back."
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