A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
John McWhorter, “Cancel Culture and Wokeness” (Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin, 10 September 2021) John McWhorter is a linguist and associate professor of linguistics at New York City’s…
Paul Cockshott, “On the Need for a Programme (A Communist Manifesto: The Classic for Today)” (25 June 2021) In response to a request, UK computer scientist…
Paul Cockshott, “AUKUS and the danger of war” (23 September 2021) After a Twitter exchange on whether the US was in a fit state militarily to…
Chinese and Chinese-language Films, Multi-media Presentations
“Can the Chinese Communist Party Rule for Another 100 Years?” (Foreign Correspondents Club, Hong Kong, 29 June 2021) On the eve of the centenary of the…
Dongping Han, “The Unknown Cultural Revolution” (Guns and Butter, 13 January 2010) Dongping Han is a history professor at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina and…
Essays, Multi-media Presentations
Latika Bourke, “Alexei Navalny versus the ‘underpants poisoner'” (Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2021) As examples of crude mainstream media propaganda bashing Russia and in particular…
Essays, Multi-media Presentations
Vladimir Putin’s Davos online forum speech (2021) Invited to the Davos online forum organised by the World Economic Forum over 25 – 29 January 2021, Russian…
British Films, Multi-media Presentations
Alan Cox, Heathcote Williams, “The Red Dagger” (2013?) Presented in six parts on Youtube, British actor / poet Heathcote Williams’ poem essay “The Red Dagger”, a…
Australian and New Zealand Films, Multi-media Presentations
Glen Isherwood, “Magnitsky Acts are dangerous laws based on a hoax – Interview with Lucy Komisar” (Citizens Insight / Australian Citizens Party, 28 October 2020) In…
Essays, Multi-media Presentations
Vladimir Putin’s Valdai Speech at the XVII Meeting (Final Plenary Session) of the Valdai International Discussion Club (Moscow, 22 October 2020) – Part 2: Q&A Session…