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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White Supremacist Violence from Greensboro to Charlottesville
The comparison of Greensboro and Charlottesville makes it clear that white supremacy never left and white backlash continues to challenge equality as the country grasps for human rights.
Time for a Revolution
Revolutions afford a peculiar opportunity for a discussion of how historians think about time more generally. Does a revolution always represent a fundamental rupture within historical time?
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.
May Day in America: US Protest in Global Context
May Day represents a political tradition long forgotten to most Americans. For many, the celebration is marked by a dance around the Maypole, an old pagan tradition of white costumes and ribbons meant to mark the coming of warmer months and the beginning of the growing season.
“Be Realistic: Demand the Impossible!”
On January 31st of this year, CNN hosted a Town Hall with Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).[1] During the event, NYU-student Trevor Hill shifted from his prescreened question to a more substantive one.
