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Understanding Power and Protest in Kazakhstan: A Communist and Post-Communist Studies Special Virtual Issue
Jan 10 2022
During the past week, Kazakhstan has seen the rapid spread of demonstrations and violence across the country after protests first emerged in western regions on January 1, 2022 as a result of the sudden rise in the price of gas.
Gift Guide 2020: Gifts for a More Just World
Nov 18 2020
These books are perfect gift for the activist in your life to sustain the progressive and racial justice movements into the next year.
How to Sustain a Mass Movement? Lessons from Urban Indigenous Youth Collectives and “Decolonial Anarchism” in Mexico
Oct 12 2020
by Maurice Rafael Magaña, author of Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in MexicoDespite the COVID-19 pandemic and global stay-at-home orders, 2020 has been a year of historic mass mobilizations. The most spectacular constellation of actions has emerged from the
Author Interview: Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini discuss Human Shields
Oct 07 2020
In their new book, Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire, scholars Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini chronicle the chilling global history of human shields. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux R
How Black Lives Matter is building new activist strategies in a new era
Jul 07 2020
by Randy Shaw, author of The Activist's Handbook: Winning Social Change in the 21st Centuryphoto by Chris Henry on UnsplashBlacks Lives Matter (BLM) has become the broadest, most diverse social movement of our time. Having written The Activist’s Handbook and other books on the strategies and
The South Bronx battles on amidst the pandemic, the protests, and police violence
Jun 30 2020
by Carolyn McLaughlin, author of South Bronx BattlesLast year, I released South Bronx Battles, a chronicle and tribute to the South Bronx as a community that has worked to create a vibrant, diverse culture while remaining a safe haven for poor families. Resisting the ravaging forces of syste
Recommended Reading: Black Protest
Jun 25 2020
The work of addressing society’s core challenges—whether they be persistent inequality, a failing education system, or global climate change—can be accelerated when scholarship assumes its role as an agent of engagement and democracy. The books on the following reading list help provide context on t
“Pho-get Trump”: Reflecting on Vietnamese refugee camps, detention, and deportation on World Refugee Day
Jun 20 2020
By Jana K. Lipman, author of In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and RepatriatesOn World Refugee Day, the UNHCR estimates that there are over 25 million refugees around the world. Although the United States has always accepted refugees selectively based on its political prioritie