When men cry: Argentinas factory takeovers
There’s a moment in “The Take,” a recent Canadian documentary about the Popular People’s Power Movement in Argentina, that really grabs you.
April movie mania in Chicago
CHICAGO — The nation’s largest, longest and oldest film festival will be held here April 8-20 at the Landmark, Piper’s Alley, and Facets theaters. The 21st Chicago Latino Film Festival’s 58 features and 81 shorts, representing a total of 44 countries, will be premiered.
Asian directors present films in NYC
NEW YORK — The 3rd Annual South Asia Human Rights Film & Video Festival opens here April 7. The three-day festival features dynamic full-length films and documentaries by South Asian directors and independent filmmakers, throwing light on issues such as HIV/AIDS, women’s rights, sexuality, peace and conflict. Film directors and human rights activists will join the discussion after each screening.
Silent Waters Movie Review
“Silent Waters,” a film by Sabiha Sumar (in Punjabi with English subtitles), is set in 1979 Pakistan, when General Zia-ul-Haq took control of the country and stoked the fires of Islamic nationalism.
OPINION: Blocking the vote 40 years after Bloody Sunday
The tragic, history-making events of “Bloody Sunday,” on March 7, 1965, in Selma, Ala., ultimately freed the vote for millions of African Americans. Forty years later, as we reflect on the march that led to passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, we are also reminded that more than 2 million African Americans continue to be denied the right to vote by one of the vestiges of American slavery.
OPINION: Terri Schindler-Schiavo: an American tragedy
The heartbreaking saga of Terri Schindler-Schiavo is nearing its end as the legal and political maneuvers surrounding her wind down. The Pinellas Park, Fla., hospice continues to be the focus of media attention as this is written, with the encampment of journalists swelled by the presence of protesters, the curious, and law enforcement officers.
EDITORIAL: Double standards in Geneva
Once again, at the urging of the United States, Cuba is being singled out for possible censure by the UN Commission on Human Rights.
EDITORIAL: What Dr. King and Cesar Chavez would say today
This weekend marks two key dates in the struggle for social and economic justice: the 78th anniversary of the birth of Cesar Chavez and the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Bea Lumpkin honored
Chicago CLUW’s (Coalition of Labor Union Women) annual dinner March 24 presents Bea Lumpkin their Olga Maddar award.
