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  1. Chaplin: The Tramp's Odyssey
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2009
    An Everyman who expressed the defiant spirit of freedom, Charlie Chaplin was first lauded and later reviled in the America that made him Hollywood’s richest man. He was a figure of multiple paradoxes. Simon Louvish's new book looks afresh at the "mask behind the man."
  2. The Encyclopedia of American Comics
    From 1897 to the Present

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
    A reference work of over a 1000 entries devoted to the phenomenon of the American comic, covering almost a century of comic production from the introduction of the genre in 1897 to the latest (1990) strips and books.
  3. International Book of Comics
    Resource Type: Unclassified
    Published: 1984
    First appearing in 1984, the book takes a nostalgic look at comics from the early and latter day British strips and comic books, right through to Continental European publications, and North American issues, including those in circulation at the time of publication.
  4. Random Shots: Balkan Wars, Now and Then
    Against The Current vol. 81

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1999
    At the NATO summit, it was decided that the organization would not tolerate genocide if practiced by non-members who did not possess nuclear weapons and were within artillery range of Europe.
  5. Random Shots: Daimler and Dubya Chronicles
    Against The Current vol. 91

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2001
    Daimler-Chrysler CEO Juergen Schrempp has pledged not to sell off the Chrysler division. Not that anyone was lining up to buy it. All the same to us on the line: If you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes.
  6. Random Shots: Dubya's Many Axes of Evil
    Against The Current vol. 97

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2002
    The concept of an Axis of Evil seems to derive from a 1942 Captain Marvel comic-book series about the Monster Society of Evil. Of course, that's a little before Dubya's time.
  7. Random Shots: Go And Do Likewise
    Against The Current vol. 83

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1999
    Most of us are glad to see a spouse commit a misdemeanor, e.g. violating a diet or a budget. It gives us license to go and do likewise.
  8. Random Shots: Life Imitates Art
    Against The Current vol. 100

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2002
    In the movie version of “The Sum of all Fears,” the terrorist nuke is hidden in a cigarette vending machine. In real life, if placed in an underground parking garage, it would have been ripped off in about twenty minutes.
  9. Random Shots: New and Old Millenia
    Against The Current vol. 85

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2000
    Kampfer prepared for Y2K by stockpiling ammunition. He figured that would get him anything else he needed.
  10. Random Shots: Notes for Life Under Siege
    Against The Current vol. 95

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2001
    When one thinks of of communities around the world that have been under siege for decades, one wonders how the U.S. will cope in the absence of a quick fix. Return to normal? This is normal for a lot of people. It's safety that is an aberration and an illusion.
  11. Random Shots: Of Drugs and Diamonds
    Against The Current vol. 99

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2002
    Marx characterized religion as the opium of the people. For some cults, it seems to act more like viagra.
  12. Random Shots: People and Other Animals
    Against The Current vol. 88

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2000
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has taken out an ad urging college students to drink beer instead of milk, to avoid exploiting cows. Sounds like a good excuse to me.
  13. Random Shots: Pirates, Gladiators and Assassins
    Against The Current vol. 96

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2002
    Dubya may come to regret his efforts to classify his crusade against terrorism as a war. The legal ramifications of waging war against a non-governmental organization may keep the lawyers busy for generations. One would think that the 18th Century international convention on piracy, which declared pirates to be the general enemies of all mankind rather than any particular state, might be conveniently applied here.
  14. Random Shots: Stranger Than Cinema
    Against The Current vol. 87

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2000
    Looking at the Elión Gonzalez case, how many people remember “Popi,” a 1969 movie starring Alan Arkin as a poor Puerto Rican janitor who tries to put his kids on Easy Street by passing them off as Cuban flotsam?
  15. Random Shots: Teens and Other Freaks
    Against The Current vol. 94

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2001
    Many parents are annoyed by the popularity of “freak-dancing” among today's teenagers. Of course, annoying parents is the teenagers' main purpose in life.
  16. Random Shots: Tender Loving Care
    Against The Current vol. 92

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2001
    A kinky personal ad?
  17. Random Shots: That Was the War That Was
    Against The Current vol. 82

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1999
    Notice how quickly the Chinese government reined in those public demonstrations at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Perhaps they remembered Wellington's attitude towards expressions of opinions by the troops: “If you allow them to cheer, another time they will feel entitled to hiss.”
  18. Random Shots: The Kings of the World
    Against The Current vol. 98

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2002
    Carrying on a tradition dating back to the Crimean war, they've come out with a set of trading cards for the Dubya Crusade. The cards used to come with cigarettes, then bubble gum. Now all you get is paper.
  19. Random Shots: The Prices of Progress
    Against The Current vol. 93

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2001
    Back in 1965 you could fill your gas tank for $3. Of course, that was two hours pay back then.
  20. Random Shots: In Praise of Viagra Mania
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1998
    Comments on random current news topics
  21. Random Shots: Red Flags Over Motor City
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 1998
    THE GOOD NEWS is that there were about a million people waving red flags in the streets of Detroit. The bad news is that it was on account of some hockey game.
    Comments on random current news topics.
  22. The Secret Life of Saeed
    The Pessoptimist

    Resource Type: Book
    A hilarious portrayal of Saeed, a Palestinian turned Israeli informer. Combining fact, fantasy, tragedy, and comedy, the luckless adventures of Saeed reveal the absurdities of the positions taken by Israelis, Palestinians, and Arabs.
  23. The Yes Men Are Revolting
    Resource Type: Film/Video
    Published: 2014
    A documentary film about The Yes Men, a culture jamming duo who use the aliases Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno. The film follows their exploits as they prank various organizations and corporations who engage in climate change denial.

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