(FILM) What a perfect combination. On one side, we have a leftist masterpiece, They Live, of the years that launched neoliberalism (capitalism too good/socialism too bad), the Reagan years. On the other side, we have a local cinema, the Beacon, holding a fundraiser for the Pacific Northwest Starbucks Workers United labor union. The connection? They Live, a movie about…

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...