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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’: 6 Versus 600 Critics loathed “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” on Rotten Tomatoes, and generally love bashing Michael Bay. “Bay’s movies are stooopid!” But, Bay’s “bad” movies (like “Bad Boys”), by and large, bag beaucoup bucks at the box office. Why is that? It’s because Bay’s not stupid. Bay went to Wesleyan. Wesleyan’s basically a smaller Yale, so Bay’s smarter than a lot of the critics who bash him. He can wax astoundingly, articulately artistic about his craft. (L–R) Dave �...

By February 12, 2021 —  Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Cuba — perhaps more than most other countries — has been the victim of imperialism and colonisation.   The greatest impact of imperialism and colonisation is on people, in particular, indigenous people. Cuba is no exception. There are also other lasting impacts. Marxist political economists Paul Baran ( The Political Economy of Growth, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1957) and André Gunder Frank ( Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1967) wrote of the devast...

Portal Games Taking Pre-orders For Vienna Connection Portal Games has started taking pre-orders for their Vienna Connection game. This is a new, stand-alone title in the Detective line of games that places players in the role of CIA operatives looking to conduct espionage all over Europe during 1977, at the height of the Cold War. Head over and get your name on the list for the game and get extra special content as well. From the article: Vienna Connection pre-order campaign starts now! A fully independent title, Vienna Connection, brings a new quality to the Detective l...

  [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.] Vienna Connection pre-order campaign starts now! A fully independent title, Vienna Connection, brings a new quality to the Detective line. This is a cooperative espionage board game and an experience that lets you and your friends take on the role of spies conducting secret operations during the historic Cold War era! Vienna Connection contains four unique missions taking place across Europe, including Vienna, Prague, and Berlin! In this story-driven ...

The Netaji Mystery: Marking the End of Another ‘Baba’ Story Gumnami-baba was not the first or only sadhu who was portrayed as Netaji by claimants who believed that Bose did not die in a plane crash at Formosa in 1945. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Photo: Public domain image History20/Dec/2020 It is not surprising that among the stories mystifying Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s death, the ‘Baba’ stories appealed more to the people than any others. India being the land of sadhus and mystics it is but natural that people would like to believe that their immortal Netaji would lead an ...