Ed Rampell is an L.A.-based film historian/critic, journalist and author who wrote Progressive Hollywood, A People’s Film History of the United States and co-authored The Hawaii Movie and Television Book. Rampell is Co-Organizer of the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of the Hollywood Blacklist.

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Meet Paula Jean Swearengin: The Progressive Who Won West Virginia’s Democratic Senate Primary
West Virginia could soon get a Bernie Sanders supporter—and coal miner's daughter—in the U.S. Senate.
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Dolores Huerta: “The Resources of Our World Belong to the People and Not to Corporations”
A conversation with the feminist Latina labor leader at the center of a new documentary
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The Revolution Will Be Filmed
Jehane Noujaim, director of Oscar-nominated documentary The Square, on the challenges of shooting a revolution-in-progress.
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Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.