Articles and Essays by Richard Wall

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December 2, 2005	The Heart of An Anarchist: Elia Kazan, The Artist as Outsider The reputation of Elia Kazan, one of America's great film-makers, theatre directors and writers, who died in 2003 at the age of 94, has divided opinion for over 50 years – for political reasons. This article is in part a review of his massive 1988 autobiography, A Life, an unputdownable read which has been described as perhaps the best ever show-business autobiography, and a brief overview of some his films, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), Wild River (1960), Splendor in the Grass (1961) and the classic immigrant movie America America (1963).
February 19, 2005	On the 80th Birthday of film director Robert Altman: An Off-Hollywood Celebration An appreciation of the cinematic art of Robert Altman, born February 20th, 1925 in Kansas City, with short comments on a selection of his movies: M.A.S. H. (1970) , Nashville (1975), Streamers (1983), The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993) , Pret-a-Porter (1995), Dr. T. and the Women (2000), Gosford Park (2001) and The Company (2003).
January 4, 2005	Ivan Illich (1926-2002): A Turbulent Priest in the Global Village Ivan Illich achieved global intellectual celebrity in the early 1970s with his books Deschooling Society, Tools for Conviviality and Medical Nemesis. His then revolutionary critique of the counter-productivity of institutions has now become almost mainstream. This essay is a tribute to a radical thinker, writer, teacher and prophet.
October 19, 2004	Free Bobby Fischer! or: The Hounding of a Chess Legend Bobby Fischer, the world chess champion of 1972, has been detained in an immigration cell in Japan since July, in an alleged plot by the US government to entrap him by revoking his passport and deporting him to the US to answer charges of violating international 'sanctions' in 1992. This is a monstrous injustice, a petty and vindictive attack on an individual. Bobby Fischer is no threat to anyone.
August 17, 2004	Who's Afraid of Noam Chomsky?
June 25, 2004	Michael Moore: On the Couch and In the Spotlight
April 22, 2004	Algeria 1830: Legacy of An Occupation
March 27, 2004	The Fine Governor of the Great State of Louisiana: Earl K. Long and Blaze
March 13, 2004	Shifting Identity: Individuals, Groups and the Science of Society
February 18, 2004	Postcards from a Golden Era
January 30, 2004	Whitewash and Cover-Up: The Hutton Report
December 13, 2003	American Demagogue: The Rebellious Spirit of Huey Long
December 4, 2003	No Case for War: 9/11 and Iraq
October 21, 2003	Insanity and Assassination: the DC Snipers and John W. Hinckley, Jr.
October 13, 2003	Programmers, Prophets and Gurus: Globalization and its Futures
August 26, 2003	Black Gold in the New Gulf: the Empire moves on West Africa
August 2, 2003	A Review of Avi Shlaim's "The Iron Wall - Israel and the Arab World"
May 28, 2003	The Inspired Genius of Johann Sebastian Bach
May 14, 2003	The Love of Liberty and the Impulse to Coercion: Bertrand Russell revisited
May 3, 2003	The Vanishing Bogeyman or Now You See Him, Now You Don't
February 28, 2003	The Radical Individualism of Paul Goodman
February 15, 2003	Dreaming Space Power - Paving the Road to 21st century Warfare
February 6, 2003	A Tale of a Library Catalogue: The Boston Statler Hotel
January 11, 2003	Censorship and Sensibility - Hollywood and War Movies
November 21, 2002	Conspiracies - Fact or Fiction, Part 3: Good Intentions and the Abuse of Power
November 20, 2002	Conspiracies - Fact or Fiction, Part 2: The Hunger for Truth and the Role of the Media
November 19, 2002	Conspiracies - Fact or Fiction, Part 1: Games People Play
September 25, 2002	The State and Self-Determination: On Tyranny and Loyalty
August 24, 2002	A Review of John Pilger's "The New Rulers of the World"
June 3, 2002	Thoughts Before Kick-Off, and Albert Jay Nock: The Portugal-USA World Cup Soccer Match

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