Monday, August 29, 2016

The Propaganda Model Explains A Lot

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Turning Off NPR (National Government Radio) I haven’t watched the U.S. network news for years. Occasionally I stumble back across Leste...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Name the Twin Cities Factories - Come to the Author Talk

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Stinson Blvd Honewell, SE Mpls Ford Plant, Highland Park, St. Paul, now leveled. Site of 1934 Shootings, north warehouse district,...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

“16 Tons and What Do You Get?”

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“White Trash – the 400 Year History of Class in America,” by Nancy Isenberg, 2016 This book has been on the NYT best seller list for ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Children of Men

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“Ivan’s Childhood,” directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962 In the face of the incredible avalanche of reactionary red-baiting and war-monge...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Viet Damn

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“The Sympathizer,” by Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2015 This biting historical and satirical novel examines the Vietnamese experience after the A...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

All You Don't Need Is ...

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Love or the Alternative In politics, the slogan of "love" is an overly-used cliché that demands an inordinate amount of emoti...
Monday, July 11, 2016

All Over the Map

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“The Marxist Theory of Art,” by Dave Laing, 1978 This book is an excellent survey introducing the reader to various Marxist’s theories ...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Mississippi John Brown

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“The Free State of Jones,” directed by Gary Ross, 2016 This film is somewhat freely adapted from the book of the same name (reviewed be...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Modern Muckraking

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“Gray Mountain,” by John Grisham, 2015 Grisham is the writer of progressive lawyers.   His heroes are usually low-end attorneys who tak...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

A Read Down Memory Lane

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"Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens – Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown,  (2010-2014)” by Richard Wolff, 2016 This book certainly pr...