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LGM Film Club, Part 433: Bacurau

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Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles's 2019 film Bacurau is an absolutely brilliant horror-western that is a very lightly disguised allegory for life under Bolsonaro. Set in the "very near future," it is about a town way out in the sertão, the Brazilian outback. The first...
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The Labor Movement Makes You Brave

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Back in the 90s, it was a favorite unionbusting tactic of meatpacking companies to hire all the undocumented immigrants they could, then when they went out on strike, they'd call INS and have all their workers arrested. Great labor policy. The terrible PR this caused forced...

Week 57

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This is the week we lost Jesse Jackson. I loved hearing him speak. Here’s his speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCARIpVDLU None of our current politicians speak this way..

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Karen and Bill’s American vacation

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Incompetence and malevolence make for a classic fascistic combination. This story from the Guardian needs to be read in full to be truly appreciated. The dream holiday ended abruptly on Friday 26 September, as Karen and Bill were trying to leave the US. When they crossed...
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