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Fifty years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - World Socialist Web Site

▻https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/04/04/king-a04.html

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Fifty years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
By Fred Mazelis

4 April 2018

April 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, where he had gone to support the struggle of African-American sanitation workers for decent wages and human dignity. In the days leading up to this anniversary, the media has been filled with articles on the life and legacy of the slain civil rights leader.

The example of King raises questions that have lost none of their urgency in the past five decades. A serious discussion of this period shines a bright light on present-day American society and exposes the lies and hypocrisy of the defenders of the status quo who falsify King’s legacy.

#droits_civiques #Martin_Luther_King

LBJ and Marshall: Film biographies deal with mid-20th century US struggle for racial equality - World Socialist Web Site
▻https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/11/25/mars-n25.html

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LBJ and Marshall: Film biographies deal with mid-20th century US struggle for racial equality
By Fred Mazelis
25 November 2017

LBJ, directed by Rob Reiner, written by Joey Hartstone; Marshall, directed by Reginald Hudlin, written by Jacob Koskoff, Michael Koskoff

Two new biopics—LBJ and Marshall—dealing with figures who played a major role in American politics in the mid-20th century have been released in movie theaters over the last two months.

Lyndon Baines Johnson, taking office as President after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, went on to sign the major civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 into law. Thurgood Marshall, the longtime chief legal counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Legal Defense and Educational Fund, was appointed by Johnson to become the first African-American Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1967.

#cinéma #états-unis

UN climate change report spells out growing dangers - World Socialist Web Site

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UN climate change report spells out growing dangers
By Fred Mazelis
7 April 2014

The report issued last week by the United Nations-chartered Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores the gravity of a crisis that is already having its effects in every corner of the globe.

The 2,500-page assessment, issued in Yokohama, Japan, is the first full report of its kind since 2007. The product of 66 main authors and bearing the signatures of 271 officials from 115 different countries, it sets the stage for a 2015 climate change conference charged with working toward drastic limitations of greenhouse gas emissions on an internationally coordinated basis.

#cliamt #giec #ipcc

New York City Opera announces bankruptcy - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/02/nyco-o02.html

Au lendemain de l’annonce de la fermeture de tous les services publics « non utiles », et de la vente des oeuvres d’art du musée de Detroit pour rembourser les créancier de la ville

New York City Opera announces bankruptcy
By Fred Mazelis

2 October 2013

The New York City Opera, in a long-expected announcement, confirmed on October 1 that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The 70-year-old company is canceling its 2013-2014 season and plans to wind up its operations.

#états-unis #banqueroute

The Flat : A family examines a Nazi-Zionist friendship - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/22/flat-a22.html

The Flat: A family examines a Nazi-Zionist friendship
By Fred Mazelis
22 April 2013

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Written and directed by Arnon Goldfinger

The Flat, a prize-winning Israeli documentary released in 2011 and now available on DVD, raises important historical issues. While the filmmaker, Arnon Goldfinger, is neither willing nor able to fully explore them, there is still much that is of interest in his story, which deals with experiences of his German-born grandparents that occurred well before he was born.

#histoire #nazisme #shoah #sionisme #seconde-guerre-mondiale #film #documentaire

New York City homeless population reaches Great Depression levels - World Socialist Web Site

Nos amis de l’Internationale socialiste ont le sens du titre. Et si c’est vrai (c’est-à-dire que la situation actuelle soit comparable en termes statistiques à celle de 1929) ça en dit long sur l’état de la société américaine.

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/07/home-m07.html

New York City homeless population reaches Great Depression levels
By Fred Mazelis

7 March 2013

The number of people sleeping in New York City’s municipal shelter system has passed the 50,000 mark for the first time, according to a new report, State of the Homeless 2013, issued by the Coalition for the Homeless this week.

The homeless count, which includes only those in the shelter system and not the thousands of others sleeping in the streets and the subways, under bridges and elsewhere, is based on an average for the month of January. It reports a total nightly average number of 50,135, which represents an increase of 19 percent in the past year. Of this 50,000 total, 21,034 are children, a jump of 22 percent compared to a year ago. The figure for children represents about 1 percent of the total population of children in the city.

#etats-unis #pauvreté #new-york