Culture
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.
Read moreRed 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."
Read moreAleksandr Dovzhenko’s “Earth” to screen in L.A.
August 21, 2017The 75-minute Earth is sheer cinematic poetry in motion, one of the most beautiful black and white and silent films ever shot.
Read more“Trouble in Mind”: Nobody knows the stage stereotypes I’ve seen
August 16, 2017This production of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind came to me as a theatrical revelation. It is a classic “the worm turns” tale.
Read moreSocialist sudoku
August 15, 2017OK, all you Sudoku fans! Try this one. The only difference is we’re using the nine letters below instead of numbers. When you’ve completed it, you’ll find a timely message.
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