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The Blood Is Everywhere in Pablo Larraín’s Mesmerizing El Conde

Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine
In Pablo Larrain's new film the villain is not a fictional one. He is General Augusto Pinochet, the brutal, U.S.-backed military dictator who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990 and died in 2006 still with the blood of thousands on his hands.

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 5 – 11

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A red Vice-President? in 1983. Prison farm deaths in 1913. West Bank atrocities film bombs in 1983. Who's not a percussionist? in 1953. Dixiecrats kneecap civil rights bill in 1957. Legal liability earthquake in 1973. Chile under the gun in 1973.

The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting To Unravel

Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser The New York Times
The Webb telescope data reveal that some very large galaxies formed really fast. This is no minor discrepancy. The finding is akin to parents and their children appearing in a story when the grandparents are still children themselves.

Bananas for Socialism

Arun Gupta Dissent Magazine
In any socialist future worth living in, an abundance of diverse foods would replace the tyranny of monoculture.