“The history of the United States,” says the Northwestern prof, “is the history of empire.”
Tag: North Korea
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Daily Show’s final night in Chicago: Hasan Minhaj on 90s Bulls and North Korea; Vic Mensa on the city’s ‘toxic situation’
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah wraps up a stint at the Athanaeum Theatre.
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Judge in Laquan McDonald murder case faces a challenge trying to control the flow of information, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm Emanuel says Trump is trying to distract Americans from important issues like the North Korea crisis.
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Emanuel sidesteps criticism from attorney general Lisa Madigan on police reform, and other Chicago news
Also, police officers tied to Laquan McDonald shooting will return to CPD’s payroll but not the streets.
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At MoCP, artists attempt to find the truth behind the official lies in North Korea
A new exhibit shows the many realities of North Korea.
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Documentarian Soon-Mi Yoo discusses the challenges of capturing everyday life of North Korea
The South Korean-born Yoo’s Songs From the North receives its Chicago premiere tonight, with the filmmaker in attendance.
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The constructive hoax of Propaganda
Noting the Chicago premiere of Slavko Martinov’s faux documentary, which screens twice this week at the Gene Siskel Film Center
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Talking to Joon Bai, the man behind the first U.S.-North Korean coproduction (part two)
The second part of an interview with the writer-producer of The Other Side of the Mountain, which screened in Chicago last weekend
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Talking to Joon Bai, the man behind the first U.S.-North Korean coproduction
An interview with the writer-producer of The Other Side of the Mountain, which screens at Chicago’s Peace on Earth Film Festival tomorrow
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Reader exclusive: A Google chat with Kim Jong-un
The North Korean leader stumbles upon a Reader post. A Gchat ensues.
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Kim Jong-un to Richardson: Is Depardieu coming with?
Kim Jong-un hopes to see French actor Gerard Depardieu accompanying Bill Richardson and Eric Schmidt on their controversial humanitarian flight to North Korea.
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Parodies lost: why satire must be banned from the Internet
A modest proposal for a serious problem
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An “American Symbol,” Made in North Korea
Noko Jeans, designed by Swedes and made in Pyongyang
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Back and to the left
Former Chicagoan Jim Finn explores the story of a South Korean filmmaker kidnapped and put to work for the North Korean propaganda machine in “The Juche Idea,” screening tonight at the University of Chicago.