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The right-wing, racialist attacks on the film Free State of Jones
Walsh, David
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/06/30/blow-j30.htmlDate Written: 2016-06-30 Publisher: World Socialist Web Site Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19648 The new film written and directed by Gary Ross, Free State of Jones, about a white farmer in Mississippi, Newton Knight, who led an insurrection against the Confederacy from 1863 to 1865, has come under sharp attack by right-wing elements in the American media. By right-wing elements, we mean the "new right" of identity politics advocates. Subject Headings |