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Series shows capitalism as major cause of the drug crisis

The Business of Drugs Netflix series hosted by Amarylis Fox Directed by Erik Osterholm, Jesse Sweet, Nick Carew, Eric Strauss Much of the world is facing a crisis around the use and abuse of various sorts of substances, with different [...]

OITNB: Reflecting and resisting the dominant ideology

Orange is the New Black Season 7 (2019), 13 Episodes Created by Jenji Kohan Orange is the New Black (OITNB) has become a fan favorite on Netflix, being the most popular series on that platform. The final season of this franchise is also its [...]

‘Watchmen’: An unblinking look at racism through the eyes of lead Black characters

Michael Berkowitz HBO’s Watchmen is a stunning achievement for television. It is an unblinking look at American right-wing populism and racism, through the eyes of lead Black characters in a science fiction comic book superstructure, a genre in [...]

Gaza Fights for Freedom: Repression, animated by the reality of a people’s brave resistance

Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019) Director: Abby Martin Writers: Mike Prysner, Abby Martin Review by Jay Watts In the wake of the Bush-era box-office popularity of socially engaged documentary films like Fahrenheit 9/11, The Fog of War and [...]

WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY

No Surrender: the land remains Indigenous, by Sheldon Krasowski, foreword by Winona Wheeler, University of Regina Press, 2019, 368 pages. A growing number of ground-breaking academic publications in recent years are giving important new insights [...]