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Jon Tracy's The Farm, presented by the Shotgun Players

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges

George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is, in large part, about how power corrupts. The novel has been adapted by Jon Tracy for the stage. Also, what kind of power did Harry Bridges wield, and for what purposes? Ian Ruskin stars in a film about one of the greatest labor leaders in US history.

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Lemkau and Strug, eds., Love, Loss and Longing: The Impact of U.S. Travel Policy on Cuban-American Families Latin America Working Group, 2007 

Socialism and Democracy

Fifty years ago, a dictator was ousted and socialism began to took root in Cuba. How do Cubans who supported the revolution then feel about it now? And how have Cubans coped with hardships brought on by, among other things, the USSR's collapse? Robert Arellano's novel Havana Lunar is about a young, idealistic Cuban doctor. David Strug has studied older Cubans' understandings of the revolution.

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Eleanor Bader, Targets of Hatred: Anti-Abortion Terrorism St. Martin's Press, 2001

Eleanor Bader's blog at RH Reality Check

Domestic terrorism comes in many forms, including the kind perpetrated by the killer of abortion provider George Tiller and that practiced by the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. Eleanor Bader puts Dr. Tiller's May 31 slaying in Wichita in political and historical context. And Susan Choi's latest novel A Person of Interest was inspired by the Unabomber's attacks on scholars.

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Fred Ho & Bill Mullen, eds., Afro Asia Duke U. Press, 2008

Diane Fujino, Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama U. of Minnesota Press, 2005

According to Diane Fujino, the Black liberation movement of the 1960s played a key role in radicalizing many Asian Americans, including Yuri Kochiyama, who found a mentor in Malcolm X, and Richard Aoki, a prominent early member of the Black Panthers. Novelist Nina Revoyr takes another angle on the Japanese experience in the US; The Age of Dreaming is about a Japanese silent film star in Hollywood. (Encore presentation.)

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James Baldwin, Collected Essays The Library of America, 1998

Tariq Ali, "On the Death of Pramoedya Ananta Toer" CounterPunch

James Baldwin gave a talk about history and human potential at the Masonic Temple in San Francisco on December 16, 1964. And the Indonesian dissident and author Pramoedya Ananta Toer spoke on KPFA in 1999 about his political activities, long incarceration, and now-legendary writing. (KPFA 60th Anniversary Special.)

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The Japanese occupy Manchuria; the US occupies postwar Japan. What does moviemaking have to do with all this? What role do cultural productions, and high-minded idealism, play in domination and brutality? Ian Buruma explores the intersection of culture and politics in his novel The China Lover. Also featured on the program is archived audio of Rachel Carson, speaking after the publication of Silent Spring.