Peripeteia: Meditation on Hegemonic Iconoclasm
We seek not to be trivial adornments of achievements or static shelf pieces—we seek liberation over soulless applause.
Tag: equality
Peripeteia: A Poem
“Invite my hands into yours despite our legs being drawn away from each other Othered.”
The Time for Equality is Now!
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.
Call for Contributors: Impeachment for Democracy
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.
Legal Action Without Protest?
Maybe, through protest, we can create a government that acts on its own for justice. Maybe, through protest, we can make protest obsolete. Maybe.
Not My Right: Black Gun Ownership and Equality
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.
A Patriotic Day of Protest
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.
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.
The Activist History Review 