Resources for October 28, 2017

Burmilla, Ed. "When the Serfs Rebelled." Jacobin (October 28, 2017) ["In 1839, a small pocket of feudalism still existed in New York State. Then tenant farmers got organized."]

Chretien, Todd. "A Novel Retelling of the October Revolution: Interview with China Miéville." International Socialist Review #107 (Winter 2017-2018).

Goro, El. "Stand by Me (1986) and Sandlot (1993)." Talk Without Rhythm #375 (June 25, 2017)


Graham, Darwin Dond, A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston. "Racist, Violent, Unpunished: A White Hate Group’s Campaign of Menace." ProPublica (October 19, 2017)

Hart, Carl. "People Are Dying in Opioid Crisis Because of Politicians’ Ignorance." Democracy Now (October 27, 2017) ["President Trump announced Thursday that he is directing the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency—walking back his plans, announced in August, to declare it a more serious “national emergency.” The shift means the federal government will not, as of now, direct any new federal funds to address the opioid crisis, which killed 64,000 Americans last year. We speak with Columbia University psychology and psychiatry professor Carl Hart, who argues people are dying because of ignorance, not because of opioids."]

Heath, Roderick. "Godzilla (2014)." Ferdy on Films (May 2014)

King, Jr., Martin Luther. "Beyond Vietnam: Speech at Riverside Church Meeting, New York, NY (April 4, 1967)."  (excerpted from Clayborne Carson et al., eds., Eyes on the Prize: A Reader and Guide (New York: Penguin, 1987), 201-04."]

---. "The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Presidential Address." (August 16, 1967) ["This is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last presidential address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1967). For those who have tried to convert Dr. King into a harmless symbol while ignoring his message,this is a most uncomfortable speech indeed, which is why you never hear too much about it. It remains relevant today."]

McNeil, Jeremiah. "Teruo Ishii - Blind Woman’s Curse." My Cinematic Mind (ND)

Qureshi, Bilal. "In the Square, a Scandinavian Satire of a Modern Art Museum." All Things Considered (October 26, 2017)

Turse, Nick. "From Niger to Somalia, U.S. Military Expansion in Africa Helps Terror Groups Recruit." Democracy Now (October 27, 2017) ["As U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley travels in Africa and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a classified briefing Thursday with Pentagon officials on the deadly ambush in Niger, where five Nigerien soldiers were killed along with four U.S. soldiers, we speak with reporter Nick Turse, who says U.S. military activity in Africa is a recruiting tool for terror groups."]