Joan Braderman, whose 80s stand-up media critique classic JOAN DOES DYNASTY is on realeyz.tv, has just released her latest film Heretics. It’s a stylish and insightful documentary about legendary collective second wave feminist journal Heresies.
Source: THE SIXTIES blog
Rock pioneers THE FUGS - the world’s first major underground/punk group - will release their final, and arguably best-ever studio recording - BE FREE! FINAL CD (PART 2), on February 23, 2010. (more…)
Howard Zinn, the professor, historian and social activist and one of the America’s outstanding intellectual social critics, has died. Zinn served as an Air Force pilot in WWII and became deeply involved in the civil rights and peace movements. Zinn’s most famous work A People’s History of the United States is a history textbook that offers comprehensive alternative perspectives on American history. Along with his scholarly works in historical science, Zinn also published three theater plays including “Marx in Soho”.
On realeyz.tv, you can watch CLASS DISMISSED , Howard Zinn’s Paper Tiger video that discusses the way history is taught US schools. Howard Zinn also gives a statement in AXIS OF EVIL, a film that looks at the way politics defines “evil”. (more…)
The International Erich Fromm Society recognizes with this award the lifework of Noam Chomsky, especially his - from public opinion uninfluenced - political convictions, which center on the right to life and dignity of all of mankind, especially perhaps the powerless. As did Erich Fromm, Chomsky boldly and deliberately speaks a language of reason that is capable of both impressing upon the conscience of opinion makers and the powerful, and importantly, of giving hope to the powerless as well as other critical thinkers.
The celebration will take place in the New Castle of Stuttgart, Germany on March 23, 2010, in celebration of Erich’s Fromm 110th birthday. The honorarium is to be donated to the Carol Chomsky Memorial Fund for Children War Victims. Chomsky himself will present the Fromm-Lecture entitled: “‘The evil scourge of terrorism’: Reality, Construction, Remedy”.
For more information about the prize, the celebration, prize winners, participants and about Erich Fromm and the International Erich-Fromm-Society please visit the International Erich Fromm website here.
FILMS
PAPER TIGER DOUBLE FEATURE: NOAM CHOMSKY READS THE NEW YORK TIMES
PAPER TIGER: NOAM CHOMSKY READS THE NEW YORK TIMES/CENTRAL AMERICA
PAPER TIGER: NOAM CHOMSKY READS THE NEW YORK TIMES/MIDDLE EAST
Lou Reed, Philip Glass, John Zorn, Sonic Youth and others will play a benefit concert for Tuli Kupferberg, the Beat poet and original member of the Fugs, at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn on Jan. 22.
Tuli, who recently turned 86, has had two strokes over the last year, which have left him blind and the tickets for the concert, which is being produced by Hal Willner, will help pay his medical expenses.
Among the others performers are Ed Sanders, Mr. Kupferberg’s fellow Fug, Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders (who also played on early Fugs albums), John Kruth and others who will be announced soon.
Tickets are $75 to $125 and are available at
http://www.stannswarehouse.org/ or
(718) 254.8779.
Films featuring Tuli Kupferberg on realeyz.tv:
Tuli Kupferberg Reads Rolling Stone: Always Smile When You Give ‘Em the Shaft
Tuli Kupferberg Reads Sports Illustrated: In Honor of the Baseball Season
