REVIEW: ‘Hair’ — The mane event

2011-09-24 Thread resist
REVIEW: ‘Hair’ — The mane event http://www.dallasvoice.com/review-hair-%E2%80%94-mane-event-1090341.html Posted on 23 Sep 2011 You could sense of a lot of the shock and discomfort from the audience at the Winspear Opera House as a bunch of half-naked hippies descended into their seats,

The Christiania Effect

2011-09-24 Thread resist
The Christiania Effect http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0150bwp [see URL for audio] Christiania celebrates its 40th birthday this year - quite an achievement for a place where an abrasive attitude to the Danish Government has meant it's always been about two weeks away from being shut

Gay rights activist who advocated hard line against discrimination

2011-09-24 Thread resist
Gay rights activist who advocated hard line against discrimination http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2011/0924/1224304672975.html September 24, 2011 Arthur Evans: ARTHUR EVANS, who helped form and lead the movement in the United States that coalesced after gay people and

Friend recalls Arthur Evans, gay rights leader and York native

2011-09-24 Thread resist
Friend recalls Arthur Evans, gay rights leader and York native http://www.yorkdispatch.com/news/ci_18952897 GREG GROSS The York Dispatch Updated: 09/22/2011 When Arthur Evans saw what he perceived to be injustice, he sought to change it. Evans, a leader in the gay rights movement,

Ex-Red Army Faction terrorist refuses to testify at trial of former comrade

2011-09-24 Thread resist
Ex-Red Army Faction terrorist refuses to testify at trial of former comrade http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ex-red-army-faction-terrorist-refuses-to-testify-at-trial-of-former-comrade/2011/09/15/gIQAk497TK_story.html September 15 BERLIN — A former leader of the leftist Red Army

Numerous battles haven't slowed Rep. Bobby Rush

2011-09-24 Thread resist
Numerous battles haven't slowed Rep. Bobby Rush http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-bobby-rush-0919-20110919,0,72335.story Cancer, small campaign war chest and rivals don't deter 10-term congressman from making another run By Katherine Skiba , Tribune reporter September 19,

Daughter of an icon

2011-09-24 Thread resist
Daughter of an icon http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/594034--daughter-of-an-icon • Jeff Mahoney • Wed Sep 14 2011 Elizabeth McLuhan knew her father was famous. How could she not? He was the subject of a popular two-line poem (“What are you doin’, Marshall McLuhan?”) on

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, Thunder Soul: a heady era

2011-09-24 Thread resist
Indie Focus: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, Thunder Soul: a heady era http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-indie-focus-20110918,0,7220501.story 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975' and 'Thunder Soul,' two documentary films, use old material to uniquely examine the convergence