Money Talks: Politics and the Wealth Gap is a short film that delves into the inner workings of Citizens United and campaign finance regulation as it relates to the growing wealth gap in the United States. It seeks to show that, in comparison to the average American, wealthy campaign donors can disproportionately influence political elections and…
Author: msternli@brown.edu
Silences in the Census
Silences in the Census was inspired the curiosity we all had about the way that local contexts change as a result of the global processes that we have learned about over the course of the semester. We wanted to understand how our own local context – Providence – changed; indeed, these changes manifest themselves in the demographics of the…
Banned Histories
Banned Histories offers a brief, targeted look at what revisionist history is and does. Although not it does not explicitly explore the role that access to money and financial capital plays in access to speech, the imbalance of power given to those with an inordinate amount of resources–whether political, financial, academic, or otherwise–is a theme present…
Marx on Mars
MarxOnMars is an anti-capitalist, socialist, extraterrestrial, idealist and non-hierarchical organization. We are committed to dedicating the MarsOne mission to throwing off the yoke of capitalism once and for all, and to creating a Marxist society for the people, by the people, on Mars. We view capitalism as a profound moral failing and the root of all…