the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 19, 2024
This is a four-part, four-hour documentary about a music company that rivaled Motown. It published R&B out of Memphis. It started in the back of a family-owned record store, funded by a second mortgage by one of its founders. It was a different brand of R&B: raw, passionate with funky Southern-fried elements. It reflected the uprising of the times.
The film features wonderful clips of many of its stars: Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Booker T and the MG’s and Sam and Dave. It was the time for creativity to burst out in spite of the monopoly of the music industry, though, as you see, the monopoly did cause its eventual downfall.
This book has multiple story lines. On the one hand it is about a woman trying to balance aging, her job, and caring for her family. The book also focuses on the terrible living and working conditions of refugees in England, even exposing how they work in bonded servitude, virtual slavery. It shows the dreams of the refugees and their dashed hopes. The book does an excellent job of showing how these third world conditions exist in our very neighborhoods today, all to feed the ever-hungry monster called greed.