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Hollywood’s Maestro Does Disservice to a Great Musician and Educator

Karl Nerenberg rabble.ca
You might put Maestro high on your holiday viewing list. And you might enjoy the film as a well-paced, sometimes heart-wrenching portrait of a troubled marriage. But this writer found the film about Leonard Bernstein to be deeply disappointing.

Friday Nite Videos | December 22, 2023

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Gary Younge on Race, Racism and Identity. Lock Him Away | Roy Zimmerman. Visual Evidence Shows Israel Dropped Bombs Where It Ordered Gaza Civilians to Go. The Confederate President Wasn't Tried, But Should Have Been. Elon Musk | John Oliver.

Lock Him Away | Roy Zimmerman

“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” words and music by Solomon Linda. Parody lyrics by Ede Morris, Roy Zimmerman, Melanie Harby.

Elon Musk: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

John Oliver discusses Elon Musk, the influence he has over more than just his businesses, and the perfect place for him and Mark Zuckerberg to finally have that cage match.

Ukraine, Israel and the Two Joe Bidens

Matthew Duss The New Republic
In Ukraine, Biden has spent two years articulating a stirring argument for a rules-based order. In Israel, he set about burning that argument to the ground. Is a morally consistent foreign policy possible?

Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out

Walden Bello Foreign Policy in Focus
There is no guarantee that fascism will not triumph, but it will certainly win unless we put ourselves, body and soul, fully and smartly, on the line to stop it