Too excited for fun
Dexter’s too excited for fun…and also has a bad habit of snacking on horse poo…
German author Peter Köpf stumbled upon the subject while researching the experiences of black American soldiers based in Germany. Some left for East Germany out of communist conviction, out of opposition to the Korean War, others to escape the racism at home – and at least one, in order to marry the woman he loved.
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Deserting the wrong way: Why soldiers went East - The Local
“This corrects to some extent our picture of history, namely: soldiers from the East escaping to the West,” Köpf recently told The Local.
His book “Where is Lieutenant Adkins? The fate of NATO Deserters in the GDR” traces the steps of western soldiers who crossed the ideological barrier in the 1950s and made their lives in the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Köpf – editor of the English-language monthly “The German Times” – was researching black US soldiers in Germany when he found an interview in an East German newspaper with “Karl Lukas,” an American soldier who had fled to the GDR.
“I wondered how I could find out more about him,” he said. “I went to the Stasi archives authority and placed a request for access to his records. Two weeks later I had a 220-page file on Charles Lucas in my hands.”
Fascinating …
The Iron Lady is dead but Thatcherism lives on
Excerpt:
Hers is a living legacy of marketisation, privatisation, economic stratification and social dislocation. Its victims and beneficiaries are not only still alive; they are still being born. Old, unhealed wounds about pit villages and hunger strikers are being exposed as new ones about disability benefits and the bedroom tax are being inflicted.
Views from a writer I respect. Gary Younge writes with a great trans- continental sensibility….
VENUS AND SERENA
About The Film
Ever since Venus and Serena Williams started playing in tennis tournaments, they’ve provoked strong reactions - from awe and admiration to suspicion and resentment. They’ve been winning championships for over a decade, pushing the limits of longevity in such a demanding sport. How long can they last? In Venus & Serena, we gain unprecedented access into their lives during the most intimidating year of their career. Over the course of 2011, Venus grappled with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease while Serena battled back from a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Neither Venus nor Serena let their adversities hold them back. They drew their greatest strength from each other.
I worked on parts of this documentary about Venus and Serena Williams in late 2011 and early 2012. Glad to see it will get a theatrical release.
Watch out for it.
It opens May 10th…
Good news Henry!! We’ll see it if makes its way over here …
I hate findnig a typo in a post of mine that gets reblogged … sorry y’all, I’ll try to be more careful in the future!
I’m going to start adding a typo to all the posts I reblog from you in the future. You’ve been warned.
Evil tumblr follower ;-)
FILTH - Official Teaser Trailer HD (World Exclusive) (by LionsgateFilmsUK)
Goodness Mr. McAvoy, my Goodness!
I never got around to reading Filth. I was afraid I’d have to spend all of my time flipping back to the glossary like I did for Trainspotting, but that was before I’d ever spent any time in Scotland. Perhaps I should give it a shot. I’ll definitely see the film in any case.
H/T: filmfestivallife
Cartoon by Roz Chast. For more from this issue: http://nyr.kr/14ZQ9hY
zruk:
the empty museum
