Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 23, 2024
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Rights in free fall
Rights in free fall
Rights in free fall
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The Old Oak Review – Ken Loach’s Fierce Final Call for Compassion and Solidarity
The Guardian
A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinema
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The Old Oak Review – Ken Loach’s Fierce Final Call for Compassion and Solidarity
The Guardian
A northern pub landlord confronts locals’ hostility towards Syrian refugees in Loach’s latest – and possibly last – piece of politically trenchant cinema
Ken Loach: “The BBC’s Role in the Destruction of Jeremy Corbyn’s Leadership Has Been Absolutely Shameless”
Equal Times
Broadcasters play a propaganda role as does print media such as the Guardian. An example was the [1984] Miners’ Strike. TV presented “picket-line violence," while those involved saw police violence. Another example was the attack on Jeremy Corbyn.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars - April 27, 2021
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The culture wars turn bloody, Republicans split, and more developments in a time of turmoil
Friday Nite Videos | March 13, 2020
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Six Key Issues Where Sanders Continues to Fight. Trump’s Coronavirus Address, Blooper Reel Included. Sorry We Missed You | Movie. Italy: Solidarity in Song. Katie Porter Secures Free Coronavirus Testing for All Americans.
Sorry We Missed You | Movie
From director Ken Loach, writer Paul Laverty and the award-winning team behind I, Daniel Blake, comes Sorry We Missed You - a powerful exploration of the contemporary world of work, the gig economy and the challenges faced by one family trying to hold it all together. Full review here.
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Loach’s “Sorry We Missed You” is a Scathing Indictment of Ultra-Flexible Work Arrangements
Organizing Work
British filmmaker Ken Loach's latest work, "Sorry We Missed You," shows the brutal reality of life for a package delivery driver working as independent contractor and home healthcare worker. This must-see film is now playing in the US.
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Ken Loach Grinds Another Honest Man Under the Cruel Gears of Society in 'Sorry We Missed You'
AV Club
“You don’t work for us, you work with us.” That’s the pitch the boss makes for the exciting new job opportunity he dangles in the opening scene of 'Sorry We Missed You', Ken Loach’s latest lament for the downtrodden.
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Film: "I, Daniel Blake" - Ken Loach's Shock at the 'Conscious Cruelty' of the Welfare State
The Guardian
Ken Loach just became the first British director to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes twice, when his welfare state polemic I, Daniel Blake picked up the prize. The 79-year-old film-maker had previously announced he was finished with directing but became so infuriated by the plight of the poor under the current Conservative government that he came out of retirement to make a new film, addressing the human cost of their policies. ‘Hunger is being used as a weapon.'
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