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“The Age of Uprising – the Legend of Michel Kholhaas” film directed by Arnaud de Pallieres, 2013 This French-German film is about a rid...

“Hillbilly Elegy – a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis,” by J.D. Vance This book is a memoir of a still young man about his life...

“The Death of the Nation – and the Future of the Arab Revolution,” by Vijay Prashad, 2016. Prashad is a leftist historian and journalis...

Bits & Pieces – the “Ark” of Culture Edition “ Arrival ” film by Denis Villeneuve.   Intelligent female linguist meets ugly but adv...

Bits and Pieces: Finance :   A. “Animal spirits” are back on Wall Street.   Irrational exuberance is 'justified. '  Which mean...

“Building the Commune – Radical Democracy in Venezuela,” by George Ciccariello-Maher, 2016 This illuminating little book goes a great w...

“Clandestine Occupations – an Imaginary History,” by Diana Block, 2015 Block is a prisoner’s rights activist who helped found SF Women ...

Rojava The middle-east has become a selective nightmare of drone strikes, obvious propaganda, civilian deaths, blow-back, Islamic fasci...

"Ways of Seeing,” by John Berger, 1972 This classic on art was written by Berger, a Marxist who died in 2016.   It is inspired by ...