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Vol. 14, No. 2, 2015

     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Essay
THE MERGING OF SELFIE CULTURE AND THE SURVEILLANCE STATE by Henry A. Giroux
The collapse of privacy from the bottom up to the top down.
  2. Music
MUST A GOOD SONG TELL THE TRUTH? by David Solway
"God writes the song, I just hold the pen." Hank Williams.
  3. Opinion
MANSPREADING: A PORTENT OF THINGS TO COME by Janice Fiamengo
Men should sit with their legs closed argue feminists.
  4. Bob Dylan
HOW DOES IT FEEL by Lily Murphy
The iconic song turns 50.
  5. Book Review
WHO SAYS THAT'S ART? reviewed by Lydia Schrufer
Modern art is a fraud, a scam insists art critic/author Michelle Marder Kamhi.
  6. Film Review
FILM TREATMENT OF STOLEN ART by Nick Catalano
The Monuments Men (George Clooney) and the long arm of Nazi terror.
  7. Berlin
EVER CRUMBLING WALLS by Santiago Zabala
Do walls resolve or exacerbate conflict?
  8. Money Matters
CAN CAPITALISM SAVE ITSELF by Gary Olson
Does 'inclusive capitalism' include you?
  9. Travel
THE GHOST CAPITAL OF WEST AFRICA by John M. Edwards
Heat and mirage, past and present meet in Abidjan.
  10. Book Review
STREET ANGEL reviewed by Lydia Schrufer
Magie Dominic's early life transmuted into portraits of the artist as a woman.
  11.

Blind Boy
MEDITATION ON LOVE by Robert J. Lewis
What is the truth of love?


  12. Film Review
TIMBUKTU reviewed by Andrew Hlavacek
The clash of civilizations in Mali - a cinematic masterpiece.
  13.

Wahhabi Wannabes
AZEEM IBRAHIM: STOPPING THE BEAST OF WAHHABI EXTREMISM
The oil-gluttonous spineless West at the cross roads in Saudi.


     

 

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