The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist

We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork for the move steadily to the right happened with the Reagan administration. People want to elevate him to some mythic level; they have their own reason for doing that.

Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.

My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.

Mel Gibson is my friend. I love Mel. He's not the person that I hear people are often trying to diminish. Whatever his challenges are in life, he still remains someone I'm very close to.

Lethal Weapon 2 used the platform to talk about the apartheid system. That was a very important moment for us.

When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.