Tag Archives: Bertolt Brecht

Brecht, Hitler’s Coup Attempt, and Jan. 6

By Robin Bates | Published: November 8, 2023

Reacting to Hitler, Brecht expressed frustration as the ineffectiveness of crying out. Today, the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s coup attempts, resembles January 6, 2021.

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Books Banned Because They’re Powerful

By Robin Bates | Published: January 19, 2023

Book banning is on the rise in the U.S., including recently in Virginia. Brecht’s “Burning of the Books” is always powerful.

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Will Jan. 6 Evidence Change GOP Minds?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 13, 2022

Will Trump supporters believe the findings of the January 6 investigation committee? Brecht cautions against optimism in such cases.

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Debunking Cherished Myths

By Robin Bates | Published: May 30, 2022

In Brecht’s “Galileo,” we see how myths blind us to facts. Consider the the wild west myth that a only good guy with a gun will take down a bad guy with a gun.

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Putin Is Giving War a Bad Name

By Robin Bates | Published: April 4, 2022

Some who support fascists would prefer that they stay clean. Brecht has something to say about them.

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Brecht: Don’t Become Numb to Suffering

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2022

Brecht warns against becoming numb to the world’s horrors.

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Book Bans Again on the Rise

By Robin Bates | Published: January 18, 2022

With book bans on the rise, Langston Hughes’s “My Adventures as a Social Poet” is must reading. So is Brecht’s “Burning of the Books.”

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Using Brecht to Explain U.S. Gun Laws

By Robin Bates | Published: July 19, 2021

Brecht has as clear an explanation as any as to why gun laws are tilted towards Whites.

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Political Solution: Dissolve the People

By Robin Bates | Published: June 6, 2021

Brecht’s “The Solution” captures current GOP voter suppression attempts.

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