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Testing Narrative: José Vilson’s Vision of Race, Class and Education in the US
Jose Vilson's new book “This Is Not a Test” discusses how education reform looks and feels to those who actually have to endure it: teachers, parents and students.
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A Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past
When “X-Men: Days of Future Past” flickered on screen, I wondered how would we read this new “race” film that used a comic book aesthetic to talk about politics?
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Turning a Blind Eye to Pure Old Vibrations
Jimmy Nelson's Before They Pass Away is a beautiful book, but its images echo a colonial vision which remains deeply destructive of peoples - tribal or other - who …
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“Cesar Chavez,” Conditions in the Fields and the Struggle over Memory
The cottage industry of those who love to critique “Cesar Chavez,” the movie, does not represent those who had firsthand knowledge of the United Farm Workers.
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Ruben Salazar and the Filmmaker in the Middle
The new documentary ‘Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle’ fails to address the questions raised about a possible assassination of the Chicano journalist in 1970 - or to assuage …
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Who Is Dayani Cristal? A Tale of Death in the Desert
A new film offers a look at the human beings lost in the debate over “border security.”
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Challenging Christian Hegemony in the United States
By insisting on the importance of understanding Christian hegemony in all of our work, Kivel adds a layer of complexity to our thinking about movement work, particularly the Palestine …
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Glenn Greenwald’s New Book: No Place to Hide
In “No Place to Hide,” Glenn Greenwald makes a persuasive case that we are all subject to the forces of surveillance.
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On Fire Inside: A Child of Prison Uncovers Her Life
In her new book, Deborah Jiang-Stein explores racial and family identity, alienation and reconciliation with adopted parents.
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C.L.R. James: Back in Style, Black in Style – a Review and a Comic!
The comic book “C.L.R. James in Imperial Britain” opens up the issue of the Third World struggle in an elegant and memorable way.