Mein Kampf Publication – The Best Way To Destroy Hitler's Hateful Legacy

A toxic text – but we can learn from it… Adam Jones/flickr, CC BY-SA

By Alexander von Lunen, University of Huddersfield

The Institute for Contemporary History in Munich plans to publish an annotated version of Mein Kampf in 2016; the main idea being that a critical edition of the book should be available to counter the anticipated reprint of it by neo-Nazis.

For 70 years, reprinting Mein Kampf has been illegal in Germany. However, the copyright, which is owned by the Bavarian government – and is used to enforce the law – expires this year. From 2016, anyone can reprint it.

L.A. TV News Pioneer, David Sheehan, To Be Awarded at Monaco International Film Festival

Los Angeles television's first and longest running entertainment reporter David Sheehan is being honored by the Monaco International Film Festival with its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award Sunday December 6 in Monte Carlo.

With this year's festival and its Angel Film Awards being a celebration of non-violent movies, the David Sheehan tribute particularly honors his 44 years of campaigning against onscreen violence in his nightly reviews on KNBC-TV and KCBS-TV.

L.A. TV NEWS PIONEER HONORED IN MONTE CARLO 
(PRNewsFoto/David Sheehan)

The award is auspicious timing for Sheehan, coming just as the longtime TV broadcaster prepares to launch his "David Sheehan's Hollywood Icons" series of 12 half-hour shows spotlighting his over-the-years interviews with 27 major stars ranging from Johnny Depp and Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep to Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The series even includes visits during various decades with three stars no longer with us: Robin Williams, Paul Newman and Marlon Brando.

Beautiful Images Of Humanity And #ClimateChange To Be Projected Onto St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 8

Morning rays burst through a window illuminating the brilliant reefs of Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Credit: Shawn Heinrichs (PRNewsFoto/Vulcan Inc.)

Public art projection featuring images of humanity and climate change to illuminate St. Peter's Basilica on the opening of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on Dec. 8

On Dec. 8, a humanitarian coalition comprised of Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Inc., the Li Ka Shing Foundation and Okeanos, in partnership with The Oceanic Preservation Society and Obscura Digital, and under the auspices of the World Bank Group's Connect4Climate initiative, will present a gift of contemporary public art entitled "Fiat Lux: Illuminating our Common Home" to Pope Francis on the opening day of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. 

Frankenstein Or Krampus? What Our Monsters Say About Us

By Natalie Lawrence, University of Cambridge

Two new monster movies are being released in the lead-up to Christmas, and each sports a very different kind of beast. There’s the man-made creation of Victor Frankenstein in the latest rendition of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale, a grotesque creature cobbled together from “the dissecting room and the slaughter-house”. And then there’s Krampus, an American re-working of the evil Austrian counterpart to Father Christmas.

Don't Buy The Stereotype: White Working-Class In England Are Not All Against Multiculturalism

By Harris Beider, Coventry University

Once upon a time white working-class people were seen as a political problem. Now they are back in fashion – celebrities such as Adele and David Beckham are proud to talk about their working-class roots and politicians are falling over themselves to win their support.Their votes have also been a key battleground in the Oldham by-election.

Political parties and politicians – albeit for different reasons – are keen to win the support of white working-class communities. This is partly the result of the rise of the right-wing UK Independence Party (UKIP) as a political force – despite only having one seat in the House of Commons, the party managed to secure 3.8m votes – and a disproportionate amount of coverage – in the May 2015 general election.

#COP21 - Al Gore: 'The Will To Act Is A Renewable Resource In Itself'

Al Gore lays some facts on the COP21 meeting. Reuters/Jacky Naegelen

By Ralph Sims, Massey University

With the main negotiations getting bogged down in such issues as whether to include a 1.5℃ target along with the accepted 2℃ goal (St Lucia and small island states say yes; Saudi Arabia and oil-exporting countries say no), much of the interest is found at the many side events going on at the same time.

One of them was today’s appearance by Al Gore – climate campaigner, former US vice-president, and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.