What It's Like To Go To War

Karl Marlantes talks about his book "What It's Like To Go To War" in Bill Moyers and Company
A naked reality of war...An honest perspective on human experience of violence ....An exploration of human complexity...

On the Waterfront

“On the Waterfront” is an all-time film. Whenever I see it, I find something incredibly comparable to the world social situation. Truth is what we all yearn for. This time I could see the conscience and consistency of a woman against lies and deception which becomes a powerful engine for revolt in opposition to tyranny.  

A mob-connected union boss controls the workers by creating fear, murder and fierce violence. To silence the witnesses, he forces them to play deaf and dumb ("D & D"). It’s the woman’s principles which bring the tyranny to its end….

“In one of the most famous scenes in film history, Terry(Marlon Brando) reminds Charley that if it had not been for the fixing of the fight,"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley"

Marlon Brando believes that everyone is an actor... 
In this interview too...

Free Nasrin Sotoudeh!

Nasrin Sotoudeh, the prominent Iranian Lawyer,  in October 2012, began an indefinite hunger strike in protest of new restrictions placed on her family visits.

“My daughter, I hope you never think that I was not thinking of you or that it was my actions that deserved such punishment. Everything I have done is legal and within the framework of the law.” – Nasrin Sotoudeh, in a letter to her daughter from Evin prison in Iran.

You shake your body

Boom boom boom

Bomb

Bomb

Bomb

Your TV is on

You close your eyes

You open them

You lick your ice-cream in the cold

Boom boom boom

Bomb

Bomb

Bomb

You close your eyes

You open them

You put the turkey on the oven

You open a can of cranberry sauce

And a bottle of red wine

Boom boom boom

Bomb

Bomb

Bomb

You turn off the TV

You close your eyes

You open them

Silence

Silence

Silence

You turn your ipod on

You shake your body

By Ezzat Goushegir

11/20/12

Every life is sacred....

Every life is sacred....

Dr. Norman Finkelstein 

 

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman, a rebellious immigrant woman!

Because....

She said:  Because I'm tired of....

Poetry

Poetry
A film by Lee Chang-dong

Yun Jung-hee, the greatest Korean actress. plays Mija, an aging part-time maid and full-time guardian of her grandson

"Directed with skill and subtlety , Poetry is a "nearly perfect movie" (Boston Globe) about the power of art to bear witness to both sublime beauty and the violent truths that lie hidden in the hearts of men."

Lee Chang-dong, winner of the best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival