The new film, “No”, takes place in Chile in 1988 as the nation faced a plebiscite — a vote of all citizens…
Saul Landau
Saul Landau(January 15, 1936 - September 9, 2013) , Professor Emeritus at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, an internationally-known filmmaker, scholar, author, commentator and Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. His film trilogy on Cuba includes FIDEL, a portrait of Cuba's leader (1968), CUBA AND FIDEL, in which Castro talks of democracy and institutionalizing the revolution (1974) and the UNCOMPROMISING REVOLUTION, as Fidel worries about impending Soviet collapse (1988). His trilogy of films on Mexico are THE SIXTH SUN: MAYAN UPRISING IN CHIAPAS (1997), MAQUILA: A TALE OF TWO MEXICOS (2000), and WE DON'T PLAY GOLF HERE AND OTHER STORIES OF GLOBALIZATION, (2007). His Middle East trilogy includes REPORT FROM BEIRUT (1982), IRAQ: VOICES FROM THE STREET (2002) SYRIA: BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE (2004). He has also written hundreds of articles on Cuba for learned journals, newspapers and magazines, done scores of radio shows on the subject and has taught classes on the Cuban revolution at major universities.
President Obama sounded triumphant notes in his State of the Union (SOTU) address. But he didn’t mention his lack of success in…
My country, a unique example, is the only nation to experience periodic massacres of people by killers armed with automatic weapons. When…
“It’s about time,” I commented when I heard that Nancy Stout had written a biography of Celia Sanchez, a Cuban hero and…
It’s finally over. I had grown weary of having presidential campaign ads interrupting the commercials. As much as I despise commercials interrupting…
During rare breaks from stories about who will become the next President of the US Empire, we news watchers stare at Greek…
"Do you really want to live in a country where one party is so desperate to win the White House that they…
People stop in Victorville California 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles because they have to see someone at one of its several…
Seated in the upper upper deck at San Francisco’s AT&T Park, during a Giants-Rockies game, one would not know millions of people…
As a child I played war games (cowboys killing Indians). My friends and I routinely shot each other with toy guns of…
