Danny Shaw on Honduras & Venezuela Elections + Movements in Haiti
Danny Shaw reported back on the Venezuela elections and his latest journey to meet with the movements in Haiti during Toward Freedom's December 2, 2021 webinar.
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What the Corporate Media Didn’t Report on Nicaragua
Watch TF Editor Julie Varughese reporting back on her time covering Nicaragua's critical presidential election.
Webinar: Why Does Independent Media Matter?
Toward Freedom has 69 years of experience publishing independent reports and analyses that document the struggles for liberation of the majority of the world’s people. What does the future look like for Toward Freedom and for independent media? Join Toward Freedom‘s board of directors to formally welcome Julie Varughese as the new editor. She will be reporting back on her time covering Nicaragua’s critical presidential election for Toward Freedom. New contributors Danny Shaw and Jacqueline Luqman also will speak on their work for Toward Freedom as it relates to the value of independent media. Danny will touch on the rising Pink Tide in Latin America while Jacqueline will discuss an increase in films that have documented the Black struggle in the United States. Register today for this 90-minute webinar, to be held at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, December 2, 2021.
Film Review: Radical Alternatives Left Out of ‘The Prison Within’
Although “The Prison Within” makes a few fleeting mentions of expanding treatment and mitigation programs in the United States to keep traumatized people from going to prison in the first place, restorative justice is presented inside the narrow construct of reforming prisons to make them “better.” That all makes sense when the discussion is not intended to be about replacing prisons with humane and truly restorative systems.
Film Review: ‘Finding Kendrick Johnson’ Reveals FBI’s Complicity in Coverup of Black Child’s Murder
If the U.S. justice system was fair, Jason Pollock's documentary, "Finding Kendrick Johnson," would not exist. But it does because everything about this case—from the moment Kendrick’s body was found—reveals how this system still is excruciatingly racist and classist.
Film Review: ‘Candyman’ Raises Questions About Real-Life Impact of White Supremacy
For those who understand what DaCosta’s “Candyman” is trying to say and why, it may not be scary in the traditional slasher/spine-tingler sense, so it’s hard to say whether or not the movie is “good” as a traditional horror film. However, the real-life nightmares and horrors reflected in this film are what many Black viewers will be all too familiar with.