Peripeteia: Meditation on Hegemonic Iconoclasm
We seek not to be trivial adornments of achievements or static shelf pieces—we seek liberation over soulless applause.
The Future is Another Country
We seek not to be trivial adornments of achievements or static shelf pieces—we seek liberation over soulless applause.
“Invite my hands into yours despite our legs being drawn away from each other Othered.”
The cravenly undemocratic ethos of the Republican Party is reaching new heights in their desperation to retain power at any cost. Theirs are not the actions of a government responsible to the people, but those of a cabal of self-interested elites.
TAHR seeks essays that address impeachment as a way of reclaiming popular sovereignty—an opportunity to leverage the survival-politics of protest and agitation to create a more equal society.
Maybe, through protest, we can create a government that acts on its own for justice. Maybe, through protest, we can make protest obsolete. Maybe.
Many Americans view self-defense as a natural right. However, African Americans have a long history of being denied the right to armed protection in a society that has sought to undergird white supremacy.
Today’s activists would be wise to take a page from history and use the Fourth of July holiday to illuminate the ways in which American society is becoming ever more unequal.
The Activist History Review invites proposals for articles that address the theme of “revolutions” to be featured in the July issue.