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. He has served as a supernumerary with the San Francisco Opera for years without getting to sing a single note on stage!

LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Berkowitz

Culture

Nixon’s secret plan for ending the Vietnam War? Nuclear annihilation of Vietnam
March 24, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
A review of PBS’ new film The Movement and the Madman.
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New film dramatization ‘Argentina, 1985’: Finding justice?
February 14, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
A chilling dramatization of the trial of the military leaders who took control of Argentina between 1977 and 1983.
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ review: Marx for Beginners!
January 26, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
Triangle of Sadness is a hyperbolic and unyieldingly fierce look at capitalism and class.
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‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’: Thoroughly modern Matilda
January 9, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
You simply cannot escape the zeitgeist of Matilda. Against all odds, Matilda Wormwood in the new Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is an unqualified triumph.
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Culture

‘Three Pines’: A long shadow
January 3, 2023 By Michael Berkowitz
Amazon Prime’s Three Pines mini-series is framed by and rooted in the long shadow of the horrific atrocities committed on the Indigenous population of the Sûreté du Québec.
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Culture

‘Bad Sisters’ is very good!
December 2, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz
After Thanksgiving—it’s the perfect time to reconsider what should be done about the painfully obnoxious right-wing relative who casts a pall over family festivities!
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Culture

Massacre at Tantura: The lies upon which the State of Israel was founded
November 22, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz
Israelis called it a 'war of independence.' Arabs experienced it as Al Nakba - The Catastrophe.
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Korean series ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ challenges assumptions about autism and ability
September 8, 2022 By Michael Berkowitz
Woo is extraordinary as she is not only the brightest star in her graduating class from Seoul National University, but she is also a high functioning autistic.
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