Call for Contributors for September 2017 Issue on “Poverty”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for articles that address the theme of “poverty” to be featured in the September issue.
Tag: inequality
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.
Postcards from Bibb County, Alabama, or Some Thoughts on NPR’s S-Town Podcast
S-Town is much more than a mystery narrative; it is all at once a biography, soap opera, eulogy, and history.
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.
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.
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