Remembering Mark Levitan: Comrade and Dear Friend
Even at 70 plus years of age, Mark Levitan was still climbing mountains, a diversion he cherished. Now, at…
The Indypendent
Michael Hirsch
Director Stéphane Brizé Depicts Class Struggle With Dark Realism in ‘At War’
Few films portray working people realistically. One thinks of rare movies such as Hollywood’s Norma Rae, the independent Salt…
Bill Fletcher Tackles Identity, Race and Small Town Murder With ‘The Man Who Fell From The Sky’
“Race” as a biological category differentiating humans has been a spurious and discredited marker for more than a century.…
Taking on Dirty Power in Richmond, California
On August 6, 2012, an elephantine plume of black smoke rose over Richmond, California, sending some 15,000 people suffering…
Lou Andreas-Salomé vs. The Patriarchy
The German philosopher insisted on being the master of her own fate even as she inflamed the hearts and minds of some of the late 19th Century’s greatest thinkers.
Review: When Karl Marx Was Young And Dashing
Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx is the best buddy movie since George Roy Hill’s Butch Cassidy and the…
Review: ‘Alt-Right: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump’
By David Neiwert
Verso, 2017
Police Are the Problem, Not the Solution
Review: ‘The End of Policing’ by Alex Vitale; Verso Books, 2017.
A Diary of Protest for the Days to Come
Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt By Sarah Jaffe Nation Books, 2016 One might be tempted to read Sarah Jaffe’s…
Progressives will find many new reasons to dislike Clinton after reading this sordid expose