Koohan Paik-Mander and the Rising Luddite Movement
A conversation with Koohan Paik-Mander about the Summer of Ludd, digital technology, surveillance capitalism, and the military-industrial complex.
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The Weather Underground As Seen Through A Child’s Eyes
The Weather Underground carried out a string of bombings in the early 1970s to protest the Vietnam War and corporate greed. Decades later, the child of two of the group’s most well-known leaders shares his story of life on the lam.
Obsession: An Indie Success Story about the Intoxication of Power
A harrowing spiral into the consuming effects of desire, power and manipulation. Everyone is obsessed with Obsession.
For participants, there were as many as seven marathons in seven days, as well as daily guest speakers and discussions afterwards.
The final races at the venerable horse racing track are on Sunday, June 28.
When the Garden Played Second Fiddle: The Knicks’ Twenty-Year Romance with the 69th Regiment Armory
The Knicks are the kings of New York after Saturday night’s thrilling, come-from-behind victory delivered the team’s long-suffering fans their first championship since 1973. The team’s journey to iconic status hasn’t been easy, especially in its early days when it often found itself banished from Madison Square Garden to a cavernous armory building on the other side of Manhattan.
Overseers Everywhere—Still We Rise
In his new book, “The Overseer Class” Steven Thrasher lays out his theory of the “phenomenon in which people from marginalized populations amass power not by uplifting people from the communities they come from, but by collectively cracking the skulls of their own.”
Remembering When New York City Was Under Military Occupation for Seven Years
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York retells the story of how the British occupied New York City from 1776-1783
Remembering a Forgotten Jewish Left
The book chronicles the history of the Bund, a Jewish progressive movement that flourished in the 20th century
Project Hail Mary: An Inspiring Adaptation that Champions the Power of Science and Cooperation
The movie, although straying from its source in Andy Weir’s book, is a wondrous space adventure