Michael Berkowitz

Michael Berkowitz, a veteran of the civil rights and anti-war movements, has been Land Use Planning Consultant to the government of China for many years. He taught Chinese and American History at the college level, worked with Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Org. with miners, and was an officer of SEIU.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz

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‘Landman’ series a propaganda promo show for fossil fuel industry
December 12, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
Billy Bob Thornton has thrown in his lot with the powers that be, the rich and powerful, the corporate interests of Big Oil.
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‘Woman of the Hour’: Victims of the culture
December 2, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
Clearly, Anna Kendrick has something to say.
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Follies of empire highlighted as ‘Epitafio’ gets its second coming
November 25, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
Rather than a paean to the costs of settlement, it serves as a cautionary against colonization, a sad reminder of the human costs of such exploitation.
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Culture

‘Conclave’ and ‘Heretic’: Saints and sinners
November 15, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
The two films do not hesitate to paint starkly dramatic views illustrating how original moralism has lost its moorings.
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‘The Apprentice’ showcases anti-communist Roy Cohn’s shaping of Trump
October 21, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
The new Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice is a tortured, yet must-see movie for anyone even remotely concerned about American politics.
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‘The Paper Bag Plan’: Working class hero!
October 16, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
Oscar Martin is a single parent raising a wheelchair-bound paraplegic son Billy. He is the driving force of Anthony Lucero’s moving new film The Paper Bag Plan.
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‘American Coup: Wilmington 1898’ – The racist takeover of a North Carolina town
October 15, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
A new PBS documentary rescues a story from history and provides a warning for today.
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‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’: Lessons unlearned
September 5, 2024 By Michael Berkowitz
Films like Israel’s Reel Extremism need to find as broad an audience as possible in order to stop the contagion of this war from further contaminating the American political fabric, as well as protect life in...
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