The spirit of the Summer of Love is still alive in this tranquil town north of San Francisco
Rock stars like Grateful Dead and Van Morrison were once at home here for a while. Half an hour’s drive from San Francisco, former flower power people have organised the Fairfax Festival for four decades. A lot has changed in forty years – and yet nothing, according to residents.
Class warfare by other means? Greg Palast and his new book “You’re welcome, Mr. President“
The U.S. presidential election is being rigged for all it’s worth. At least that is the conclusion of Greg Palast after many years of research. In his book, he describes the extent and methods of what he sees as chronic election fraud. He follows the trail of money and exposes the men and corporations that help candidates win.
Is it only a matter of time before computers are superior to the human mind? That, at any rate, is the credo of many natural scientists. David Gelernter, professor of computer science at Yale University, turns this belief in technology upside down in his book “The Tides of the Mind”.
The biologist is still considered a pioneer not only of the American environmental movement. Her book “Silent Spring” about the effects of pesticides on our ecosystems led to the ban of the insecticide DDT.
The “grande dame” of political street theater, turned 80.
In the wild 1960s, she belonged to the avant-garde of American and European off-theatre. Born the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi in Germany, her family fled to New York to escape the Nazis. Now, Judith Malina has been touring the world with her legendary Living Theatre for half a century.
The former black ghetto is turning into the in district of New York City
In search of affordable living and working space, more and more – mostly white – artists and business people are moving to Harlem. The result is not only a cultural revival of the former black ghetto, which was once a cultural magnet for artists in the 1920s. The gentrified neighborhood is also experiencing an infrastructural upgrade – as well as a social restructuring.