Movies
Yip Harburg, ‘Wizard of Oz’ songwriter & socialist
November 16, 2009There is much to be told about the message of the holiday classic, "Wizard of Oz," beginning with its Oscar-winning lyricist Edgar Yipsel Harburg.
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16 workers killed per day, thoughts on Ft. Hood, ‘Precious’ and other letters to the editor
November 12, 2009It is time to change the feeble and antiquated rules that fail to protect workers on the job. Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of...
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More thoughts about Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism’
October 29, 2009Moore is the closest thing we have to a contemporary Tom Paine.
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Powerful films progressives will want to see
October 28, 2009Stunning, engrossing, loaded with political awareness, new films deal with compelling topics, from Daniel Ellsberg to Darwin, from Nanking to Haiti, from New York garment workers to the London subway bombings.
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New films use humor to make sharp points
October 16, 2009Film luminaries like Michael Moore, Matt Damon, George Clooney and Palestinian director Elia Suleiman spotlighted movies mixing wit and wisdom at last month's Toronto Film Festival.
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