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![Kirsten Dunst stands in front of a banner reading "CIVIL WAR" for the "Civil War" film](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0617-civil-war-400x300.jpg)
What Does Dystopian Film “Civil War” Say About the Current Reality in the US?
Beyond serving as harrowing entertainment, the film explores real fears about social divides in the contemporary US.
![Sandworms charge forward in a scene from Dune: Part 2.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0319-dune-2-400x300.jpg)
“Dune: Part Two” Should Be a Warning Against Extremism — Not a Violent Spectacle
The epic sci-fi film tries to deliver an antiwar warning, but its beautification of violence undermines its message.
![Caskets for the dead are carried towards the gravesite as relatives and friends attend a mass funeral for members of a family that were killed in a U.S. drone airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/GettyImages-1235325413-scaled.jpg)
New Book Exposes the Horror of the US’s Endless, Invisible Wars
Norman Solomon offers a powerful framework for understanding geopolitical crises and the enduring costs of militarism.
![We don't understand our smoke signals. Antibes, France.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/DSC02549_V2-400x300.jpg)
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Art Exhibit Calls Viewers to Confront Fascism
As wildfire smoke wafts over North America, artist Isaac Cordal’s critique of neoliberal capitalism is urgent and apt.
![A video of Roger Stone from the documentary "A Storm Foretold" is played during a hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on October 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1433168278-400x300.jpg)
New Documentary on Trump Operative Roger Stone Is a Damning Political Thriller
Christoffer Guldbrandsen’s “A Storm Foretold” ends with the Trump adviser expecting arrest for his role in January 6.
![Michael B. Jordan attends the European Premiere of Creed III at Cineworld Leicester Square on February 15, 2023 in London, England.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1466475021-400x300.jpg)
“Creed III” Reflects Immense Class Divide in Black America But Fails to Heal It
The cathartic goal of this genre is to purge the shame of the Black middle and upper class for abandoning the poor.
![President Joe Biden holds a microchip as he speaks before signing an executive order on securing critical supply chains, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0228-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Chip War With China Is an Imperial Struggle for High-Tech Supremacy
As these two states fight for dominion over global capitalism, it's time to unite for collective liberation.
![Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman in The Last of Us.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0203-last-of-us-400x300.jpg)
Unexpected Tenderness in “The Last of Us” Offers Grist for Radical Politics
Post-apocalyptic TV dramas don’t have to be cynical or atomizing — they can inspire a politics of care and mutual aid.
![A man wearing a hockey mask and a hat with a dollar bill imprinted with Donald Trump looks on as protesters rally outside the governor's mansion on December 5, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1229967715-400x300.jpg)
“Thirst” Updates the Vampire Genre for Our Age of Rising Fascism
The novel offers an alternate-reality allegory about the rise of Trump and the right-wing movement that supports him.
![A Jewish protestor waves the Israeli flag next to a bonfire started by a mob who looted the back of a passing vehicle loaded with maps of the Gaza Strip in front of the Neve Dekalim settlement in the Gaza Strip on August 14, 2005.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1451037305-400x300.jpg)
New Documentaries Explore Censorship and Suppression of History in Israel
“A Reel War: Shalaal” and “The Soldier's Opinion” expose the realities of Israel's “nation-building.”