In 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, ushered in a new kind of science fiction movie. Monsters from other planets and war-minded invaders took a back seat to a more cerebral approach to the future. Actions became less important than ideas, and ideas could be expressed in the most abstract terms imaginable. This …
Category: 11th Plenum
The Rabbit is Me
A few years stand out in East German history. 1961, when the Berlin Wall was built, and 1989, when it came down, are the most obvious examples. But coming in a close third is 1965. This was the year of the 11th Plenum of the Socialist Unity Party (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands or SED), East Germany’s …
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