Gene Lantz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Gene Lantz
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“In Darkness”: How a few Polish Jews escaped the Nazis
April 4, 2012What would you find if you had to take your children and a few assorted people down into the sewer to live?
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Got Hope? “Detachment” doesn’t!
April 3, 2012Everything about this "real life high school" movie is tragic and miserable. The students are clinging to the edges of teenage life, the teachers are losing their minds, and the principal is getting divorced and fired.
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Texas groups protest banks, sonogram law
March 13, 2012Women from Code Pink, along with a few male allies, recently picketed the Bank of America on Inwood and Lemmon.
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Union, civil rights struggles converge in songfest
February 29, 2012Among the traditional union singers were professionals Matt Taylor of New Mexico, JD Thompson of Oklahoma, and Kenny Winfree of Tennessee.
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Teachers stand up and fight
February 28, 2012Teachers with Alliance/AFT of Dallas picketed outside the administration office of the Dallas Independent School district before the board meeting on Feb. 23.
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Targeted victims protest American Airlines bankruptcy plans
February 15, 2012The flight attendants called the action, and the pilots and Transport Workers Union quickly joined in. Other unions and solidarity activists drove into DFW International Airport for the action.
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“A Separation”: revelatory film about life in contemporary Iran
February 13, 2012The movie deserves its Oscar buzz as best foreign film. As with any good artistic experience, moviegoers are transformed as they watch.
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Dallas “funeral” protests foreclosures
February 6, 2012Progressive organizations came together to protest home foreclosures with a long march and vigil in North Dallas.
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