Independent director Richard Ledes’ documentary Golden Dawn, NYC  was released two days before the start of this year’s World Cup games. As football fans donned regalia representing their favorite country, Ledes’ latest project offers a more ambivalent perspective toward displays of nationalistic identification.

Originally published in Countercurrents. 

Two months ago I wrote a farewell op-ed for my school's newspaper, The Herald. The piece was addressed to Harold Washington College's class of 2014 and City Colleges of Chicago students in general. In it I explained my decision to boycott my own graduation in protest of the individual chosen as our commencement ceremony speaker, Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg.