By Kelvin Watkins WOW. Not 100% sure why I liked this film so much, but WOW. This film feels like it was made for me personally. It brings all of the things we geeks who played Dungeons & Dragons, Warzone, and Warhammer 40,000 to another level of reality, and put it up on the...
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By James Lane DAY OF RAGE Protest Against Budget Cuts March 24 Thousands of labor unionists, students and community activists rallied at City Hall and marched chanting through New York City’s financial district yesterday, protesting threatened budget cuts that would cause schools to close, tuition to rise, cut social services drastically and bring thousands...
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Will Challenge Major Parties on Peace, Budget Priorities, Single Payer Health Care, Worker Rights The Green Party of NY State has officially nominated Ian Murphy as its candidate for upcoming special Congressional election in the 26th District.  The Green Party said it wanted to provide an alternative to the anti-worker, pro-war, pro-corporate, anti-environmental agenda...
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By Ralph White – If you’re looking for the quintessential studio musician or an on-stage sideman then call Carlos Go Go Gomez. His resume reads like a Who’s – Who of contemporary music. It includes everyone from Eartha Kitt to Mariah Carey to Gipsy Kings to Sade and on and on and on… Even...
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By James Lane As I read through this year’s Left Forum program guide and try to strategically plot a course through all the staircases and hallways of Pace University to attend my preferred panels of interest, it is refreshing to see and hear so many progressive intellectuals gathered together in one place with the...
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By James Lane Each spring in New York City, Left Forum gathers intellectuals and activists from around the world to address the burning issues of our times. It provides a unique space for the generation of ideas crucial to theorizing and building a resurgent Left. This year’s Forum is being held at Pace University...
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By: Ralph White The Green View is really rough around the edges. But that’s OK, because hey, it’s only rock and roll. In the age of overdub and auto-tune it’s sometimes easy to forget that that rock was always the scruffy kid in the class that wasn’t there to please the teacher but to...
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By James Lane Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake in at least a century, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a tsunami as high as 10 meters, engulfing towns along the northern coast. At least 26 people were killed by the 33-foot wave and many are missing, according to...
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By James Lane The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute held an eclectic forum today at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York that featured Zara Phillips and Darryl (DMC) McDaniels and in a rare public performance. The focus of this event was to highlight the need for states to restore adult adoptees’ access to...
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By James Lane A spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Department said officers responded to a call about a possible body at a residence earlier Tuesday afternoon. There appears to be nothing to indicate that this was foul play by another individual, and the results of toxicology tests could take up to two...
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