Season of Emancipation

Samantha Sarra, Truthout - Op-Ed Truthout
During this week of Passover, one of the most sacred of Jewish observances, commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt, it behooves us to remember that captivity in many forms for many people continues.

Charlie Chaplin's Legacy Looms Large - He would have been 125 April 16

Ed Rampell The Progressive
Most people know Charlie Chaplin, whose 125th birthday was April 16, as a giant figure in the history of film. Chaplin's films were as funny as they were deeply revelatory of the human condition. His raucous cinematic assault on fascism, discussed here, helps enrich our understanding about what made this clown one of our most sublime and important artists.

Friday Nite Videos -- April 18, 2014

Portside
Playing for Change: 'Clandestino.' Tax Day 2014: Are Taxes Fair? 'What's Up With Chicks and Science?' Book: 'Kill Anything That Moves'. StopRush Is Stopping Rush.

Playing for Change: 'Clandestino'

"Clandestino" is a song of the people. An Oud master in Morocco, gypsies in Budapest layered in bass, percussion, strings and vocals from Manu Chao and friends, it forms a Global Roots Reggae-Latin jam.

Tax Day 2014: Are Taxes Fair?

Robert Reich explains why the wealthiest 1% pay a much lower tax rate than the rest of us--and what we can do about it. 

Book: 'Kill Anything That Moves'

Nick Turse talks about the reaction to his book about the atrocities committed by American troops during the Vietnam War.

StopRush Is Actually Stopping Rush

Did you know that the StopRush campaign is actually stopping Rush? In New York, Rush has been demoted to the 22nd radio station. An Ed Show segment.

Western Re-Run: Nevada Rancher Versus The Feds

Tom Kenworthy ThinkProgress
We've seen this Western re-run, Nevada Rancher Versus the Feds, before. But it turns out that Cowboy Hage would be suckling at the public teat even if he paid his grazing fees.

Gabriel García Márquez Obituary

Nick Caistor The Guardian
Colombian Nobel laureate who helped to launch boom in Latin American literature with novel One Hundred Years of Solitude