In this episode of the IGD podcast, we caught up with two members of The Base in New York, to talk about the growing organization, the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement (RAM). They recently dropped a book of strategy and analysis entitled, Burn Down the American Plantation. We discuss the book and explore the historical themes of both the … Continued
Film critic Richard Schickel (1933-2017) in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in 2003. Richard Schickel, who died on February 18, 2017 at the age of 84, spent forty-five years as film critic for Time Magazine. During his lifetime he wrote 36 books, most of them about film, and produced and directed thirty-four documentaries, all about film.This interview was recorded while he was publicizing his book, ““Good Morning Mr. Zip Zip Zip: Movies, Memory and World War II.”
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Glass Menagerie,” directed by Lisa Portes, at California Shakespeare Theatre through July 30th.
In this episode of the IGD podcast, we sat down with longtime antifascist researcher and analyst Spencer Sunshine to talk specifically about the militia movement. We start off by tracing the movement as an outgrowth of Christian Identity, an explicitly fascist and neo-Nazi variant of Christianity, which was able to intervene and mobilize within the … Continued
David Shields, author of “Other People: Takes & Mistakes,” in coversation with Richard Wolinsky.
David Shields ia an essay, novelist, short story writer and film maker.Among his works are “Black Planet,” “How LIterature Saved My Life,” and “I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel.: In his latest book, a collection of over thirty essays and stories, he examines what it means to know another person.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “An Octoroon” by Branden Jacobs Jenkins, directed by Eric Ting, at Berkeley Rep, extended to July 29, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Spendour” by Abi Morgan, at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley through July 23, 2017.
In this episode of the IGDCAST, we catch up with longtime radio show and podcast The Final Straw, who has been producing high-quality anarchist content for years, to talk about their recent trip to an anarchist radio conference in Europe. We discuss the conference, the wide variety of anarchist radio projects from South America to Europe that … Continued
Colm Toibin, author of “House of Names,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. “House of Names” is a retelling of the story of the House of Atreus, the classic Greek tragedy of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Electra and Orestes, which formed the basis of plays by Sophocles, Euripedes and Aeschylus, as well as influenced playwrights from Shakespeare to Eugene O’Neill.
John Fisher, artistic director of Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, discusses its latest production, the musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco through July 1st. He also discusses the upcoming season as well as the production of Shakespeare’s King Lear at Yerba Buena Gardens July 7th through 9th. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
