Resources for September 30, 2014

"Soldier’s Heart: Remembering Jacob George, Afghan War Vet Turned Peace Activist Who Took Own Life." Democracy Now (September 29, 2014)

Streitfeld, David. "Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics." The New York Times (September 29, 2014)

Bynes, Patricia. "Ferguson Unrest Continues as Police Accused of Incitement & Michael Brown’s Killer Remains Free." Democracy Now (September 29, 2014)


The concept of the common good is for [Noam] Chomsky is at the core of classical liberalism and of Enlightenment thinking, and one of its proponents (whose name is most often invoked to uphold contemporary capitalist practices—testament to our ignorance of his work) is Adam Smith. Like Aristotle, Smith understood that upholding the common good requires substantial intervention to assure lasting prosperity of the poor by distribution of public revenues. Common good also requires that we measure the effects of contemporary capitalist practices, including the division of labor, lest we fall prey to its nefarious effects; on this Smith said that the division of labor “will turn working people into objects as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to be.” The antidote was government action, which should be initiated to overcome devastating market forces (113-114). -- Barsky, Robert F. The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower. Cambridge, MA: The MIT press, 2007


"Dig deeper into Sidney Lumet’s Serpico." Cinephilia and Beyond (2014)





Bernstein, Jake. "Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash." Pro Publica (September 26, 2014) ["A confidential report and a fired examiner’s hidden recorder penetrate the cloistered world of Wall Street’s top regulator — and its history of deference to banks."]





Dillard, Clayton. "Jaimey Fisher's Christian Petzold." (January 12, 2014)

Murphy, J.J. "Spring Breakers." J.J. Murphy on Independent Cinema (January 1, 2014)

The Art of Editing in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Max Tohline on Vimeo.

Fisher, Max. "The protests in Hong Kong, explained in 2 minutes." Vox (September 29, 2014)

Murphy, J.J. "Frances Ha." J.J. Murphy on Independent Cinema (January 8, 2014)