Portside Digest - Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam? February 11, 2015 Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today. https://portside.org/2015-02-11/why-don%E2%80%99t-americans-know-what-really-happened-vietnam How the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality February 11, 2015 A year ago, the FCC had sold out. Now it’s pushing real net neutrality. What happened in between proves that people power works. https://portside.org/2015-02-11/how-little-guys-beat-monopolists-net-neutrality Study Finds Fewer Female Protagonists in Hollywood’s Top Films February 11, 2015 The latest report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University found that not only has the number of top-grossing films with female protagonists dipped from last year, but that gender stereotypes continue to prevail in storylines. https://portside.org/2015-02-11/study-finds-fewer-female-protagonists-hollywood%E2%80%99s-top-films “Timbuktu”: A timely African film on Islam — and a spectacular breakthrough February 11, 2015 With all the attention paid to what the Oscar nominations got wrong this year, especially with respect to Ava DuVernay's “Selma,” the academy should also get credit for recognizing Abderrahmane Sissako's landmark African film. “Selma” and “Timbuktu,” each named for an important city in the history of black people on planet Earth, both represent breakthroughs on their own terms and, ultimately “Timbuktu” might be more important than “Selma"on a global-historical scale. https://portside.org/2015-02-11/%E2%80%9Ctimbuktu%E2%80%9D-timely-african-film-islam-%E2%80%94-and-spectacular-breakthrough -------------------------------------------------------------------- VIEW ONLINE: https://portside.org/portsidegeneral SUBSCRIBE: http://portside.org/subscribe VISIT PORTSIDE.ORG: http://portside.org TWITTER: https://twitter.com/portsideorg FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/Portside.PortsideLabor -------------------------------------------------------------------- Portside aims to provide material of interest to people on the left that will help them to interpret the world and to change it. Submit via email: [log in to unmask] Submit via web: http://portside.org/submittous3 Frequently asked questions: http://portside.org/faq Sub/Unsub: http://portside.org/subscribe-and-unsubscribe Search Portside archives: http://portside.org/archive ######################################################################## To unsubscribe, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(portsidetest,SIGNOFF);