Complementary Tactics: Connecting Counter-violence and Militant Nonviolence
Militant nonviolence is not only an instrumental complement of counter-violence, it is also an ethic by which one organizes for egalitarian ends.
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The Olmstead Decision and Community Mental Health
Twenty-two years ago Atlanta Legal Aid sued the state of Georgia on behalf of two women with intellectual and mental health disabilities, setting into motion a process that resulted in one of the most important human rights mandates of the modern era of mental health treatment.
Monuments and Power in Urban Spaces: Looking at New Orleans, Louisiana from São Paulo, Brazil
The removal of monuments in New Orleans has captured national attention, with reports of tempers flaring and tensions rising among protestors and counter-protestors in one of the country’s most historically and culturally significant cities.
Inheriting Expulsions from the Insurance Industry
Any conversation about health care must begin with the collective acknowledgement of a simple fact: the selective incorporation of humans based on statistical predictions of vitality is the foundation upon which insurance companies assembled themselves.
Treating Mental Illness in Victorian Britain
In 1884, four years after his release from Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, and following the death of his sister, George Longmore re-admitted himself into the asylum.
American Inheritance: Exploring African American History and the Performance of Race through Material Culture
After the Civil War, African American men gained the right to vote and with the support of African American women, elected thousands of black men to public office in local, state and federal positions across the South.
The Power of Storytelling: An Interview with Social Change Leader David Hunt
There has never been an activist movement without storytelling being a fundamental tool of it.
Call for Contributors for July 2017 Issue on “Revolutions”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for articles that address the theme of “revolutions” to be featured in the July issue.
Dismantling Capitalism: A Strategy for Ending Veteran Suicide
Images of flag-draped coffins are often attributed to wars fought abroad. A seldom acknowledged internal battle, however, also poses a danger to U.S. service members. In 2014, twenty veterans took their lives every day.
Review: The Americans and “Knowing” Russia in the Age of Trump
In the fourth episode of the current season of FX’s widely acclaimed Cold War drama The Americans, Karl Marx appears for the first time in the series.
Racism Is Making Us Sick
Since 2003, Active Minds has empowered students facing mental health struggles to share their stories to let others know they’re not alone and to spread that message: help and hope are available.
