Essays & Analysis, Interviews & Panels, People’s History – analytical, historical, theoretical, cerebral, literal, somewhat more composed approaches to truth-telling.
“We’ve entered a new state of exception through an illegal impeachment process, and I don’t have very much hope that anything’s going to change by 2018. The only left candidate who has a chance of winning is Lula, and they’re going to try to arrest him or kill him before 2018.”
Democracy Has Ended in Brazil Read More »
Since politics has finally defeated the economy in Russia, instead of solving problems with employment and wage arrears the regime feeds people stories about war with the West. During a war, it is unpatriotic to demand payment of back wages. Only internal enemies would behave this way.
The Fight Is in the Countryside Read More »
“The thing that I find fascinating in this moment, and different from the sixties, is that these protest movements are coming together.”
“Organizers will create the future.” Read More »
It seems that state authorities, their liberal critics, and the vigilante groups share a common narrative.
Bulgarian Migrant-Hunters and Their Apologists Read More »
Much of the debate on the left is about which is the right model of politics. But good activists are agnostic. They don’t have a theory of politics that is used in all places and at all times.
The AAA Guide to Movement Building Read More »
The more allies Erdoğan loses in his state apparatus, the more he has to rely on radical groups on the street to secure his power.
Politics in Turkey: the Elites and the Streets Read More »
“I’m not even sure this can be called a system, because there aren’t very clear institutionalized rules for participation. It’s not just a lack of democratic channels of representation. The regime doesn’t have a clear social coalition of groups that have a vested interest in its presence or in its policies.”
The Awful Purgatory of Authoritarian Non-Consolidation Read More »
We need to stop saying “Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse…” Who seriously thinks it can’t get any worse? Still, there are things we can do–or rather, not do.
Let’s build the institutions, let’s build the movements. Let’s see this as an enormous opportunity to redefine the meaning of politics. Let’s get radical. Let’s talk about radical democracy. Let’s talk about justice.
Against Antipolitics Read More »
The scientific revolution and the Enlightenment racialized and whitened freedom, civilization, rationality, and beauty.
How We Got So Racist Read More »
