Movies Monday: Denial

Click Here to Read: ‘In the post-truth era we must fight the deniers even harder’ Deborah Lipstadt, played by Rachel Weisz in the movie Denial, tells the story of how she went to court to defend herself against the Holocaust denier David Irving by Deborah Lipstadt in the Times of London on January 23 2017.

Click Here to Read:  Rachel Weisz makes heavy weather of Holocaust courtroom drama:
Despite its pedigree – with a top-notch cast and a script by David Hare – this drama about the real-life libel case involving disgraced historian David Irving never comes to life by Nigel M Smith ont he Guardian website on September 12, 2016. Continue reading Movies Monday: Denial

China’s Xi Jinping Defends Globalization In First-Ever Speech At World Economic Forum

Click Here to Read: China’s Xi Jinping Defends Globalization In First-Ever Speech At World Economic Forum by Camila Domonoske on the NPR Radio website on January 17, 2017.

China’s President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland. The global elite have begun a week of earnest debate and Alpine partying in the Swiss ski resort, in a week bookended by two presidential speeches of historic import — Xi’s remarks and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address.