Tag: Culture
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Remembering Alan Grant
Hank Kennedy remembers the life of comic book writer Alan Grant and the Left politics found in some of his most well-known works including Detective Comics, Batman, and Shadow of the Bat.
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The Vietnam War in comics, after the war
In the follow-up to an earlier article looking at the representation of the Vietnam War in mainstream U.S. comics, Hank Kennedy focuses on the years following the formal conclusion of the war.
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In memory of Neal Adams
Hank Kennedy celebrates Neal Adams’ political and artistic contributions to the world of comic books in this obituary.
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The market compels it
Restaurant worker Natalia Tylim discusses the experience of restaurant reopening in New York City this winter before broad vaccine distribution.
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Worker and popular education
Avery Wear and James Boyle discuss the massive adult education system organized by the U.S. Left in the early 20th century.
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Crossword politics
Camila Valle interviews puzzle constructor Natan Last about the sometime hidden, sometimes open politics of crosswords.
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How rock became white – part 3
In the final of a three-part series, Geoff Bailey, looks at the racial politics of rock and roll in the creation of “Classic Rock”, and how they inform a critique of the concept of cultural appropriation.
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Monuments to oppression
Bill Keach assesses the struggle to remove, relocate, and/or destroy certain monuments and statutes as both a reckoning with histories of racism and oppression and part of the process of envisioning a better future.
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How rock became white (part 2)
In the second of a three-part series, Geoff Bailey, looks at the process of cultural commodification and the racial politics of The Beatles, Motown, and the rise of Soul. Plus we listen to some great music…