By JJ Amaworo Wilson Stephen Greenblatt’s new book, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power, is a timely tome. As Greenblatt well knows,…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o: “The Scars of History Are on Every Writer”
By JJ Amaworo Wilson The great Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is known for at least four things: writing a…
The Other 9/11: Chile in the Time of Pinochet
By JJ Amaworo Wilson A few days ago, my 10-year-old son asked me why I’d scheduled an event on 9/11.…
The Instinct for Cooperation: A Graphic Novel Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Wilson
By JJ Amaworo Wilson How about this for a hybrid: take an 80-something professor, sit him down for a conversation,…
“The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse,” ed. Marjorie Cohn
By JJ Amaworo Wilson “Experience, we are told, is a great teacher. If this is so, then my classroom was…
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Abundance Discusses Chaotic Liberian Civil War
Michael Fine introduces readers to an ‘Abundance’ of characters in his latest novel. By Abby Remer MV Times August 21st,…
John Brown’s Story Lies A-Mouldering on the Page
By Ed RampellHollywood ProgressiveMay 29th, 2019 John Brown is one of American history’s most fascinating characters. The American Spartacus, Brown…
Two Wings of the Same Bird – Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hurricanes and Political Prisoners
By Diana BlockOriginally posted on CounterpunchFebruary 14th, 2018 Photo by Rob Oo | CC BY 2.0 Six months after Oscar…
Reflections on a Delegation to Imprisoned Palestine
By Diana BlockOriginally Posted on CounterpunchMay 13th, 2016 Emory Douglas, BPP Minister of Culture, with Mukhles Burgal and his son.…