Monday, February 3, 2025

Brutal

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  “The Brutalist” film directed by Brady Corbet, 2024 This is a Jewish immigrant story set in the aftermath of World War II.   The physica...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Kumbaya? Pollyanna? Or Real Threat to Capital?

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  Anti-Fascist Front / Left United Front? The Trump administration, managed by the Heritage Foundation, a clown car of dangerous appointee...
Sunday, January 26, 2025

A Freethinker Pillages Heaven

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  “God and the State” by Michael Bakunin, 1882 / 1970 This is Bakunin’s most famous book, or fragment of a book. It excoriates religion mu...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

A Woman Soldier's Story

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  “Joan” by Katherine J. Chen, 2022 This is the story of Joan d’Arc, told as if Chen was there.   A work of imaginative historical fiction...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Humanism and Riot Squads

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  “Public Disorder” Netflix limited series by Michele Alhaique, 2025 The original title of the 2012 book this Italian series is based on ...
Friday, January 17, 2025

Surrealist Revolution

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“ Revolution in the Service of the Marvelous” by Franklin Rosemont, 2003 I lived in Chicago for 13 years during the 1980s- early '90s a...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Magic Internet Beans

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  “ Let Them Eat Crypto – The Blockchain Scam That's Ruining the World” by Peter Howson, 2023 This is an astonishing book that relates...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Sado-Capitalism II

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 “ Squid Game,” directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, Season 2, 2024 This is a rough watch, even more difficult than Season 1 because we know what i...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Find Your Choke Point

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 “ Labor Power and Strategy” by John Womack Jr., edit by P. Olney and G. Perusek, 2023 Has your boss ever told you that, while he doesn...