history
The late East Germany, a new (distorted) history in review
April 12, 2023Katja Hoyer’s “Beyond the Wall” only underlines the mainstream Western narrative of the GDR as a totalitarian state with few, if any, redeeming features.
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The Ohio woman who beat the Red Scare blacklists
April 10, 2023Anna Hass Morgan’s legacy, which has been largely wiped from local memory in Columbus, should be restored to its proper place.
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April screenings in L.A. honor the Hollywood Ten at 75
April 7, 2023Seventy-five years ago, Hollywood entered one of its bleakest periods.
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‘Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict’—book bridges divide between Marxists and Christians
April 4, 2023BOOK REVIEW: Marxists and people of faith continue to treat each other’s core texts with contempt or suspicion, making this book a daring (and sketchy) study.
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Sean O’Casey’s ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ at 100
April 3, 2023He was the first English-speaking playwright of proletarian origin to enter the stage of the world theatre.
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