Archive for November, 2018
A revolution that succeeded – until it was crushed by other revolutionaries
November 2nd, 2018 by Roger Darlington
This week, I attended a lecture on the Georgian revolution of 1918-1921. It was delivered by my friend Eric Lee and the venue was the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus in London. Eric quoted an assessment of the Georgian revolution at the time by the noted German Marxist Karl Kautsky: “In comparison […]
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A review of the important new film “The Hate U Give”
November 1st, 2018 by Roger Darlington
What a change and what a delight to see an American mainstream movie where virtually all the characters are people of colour: young as well as older, female as well as male, gay as well as straight. And how impressive that a film with a young person’s focus addresses so directly and fairly the issue […]
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