Zombies: Simone Weil on State Violence
As arbiters and vehicles of violence, States turn even their own citizens into these living corpses while their political leaders harm communities they see as things for their own financial and political gain.
Tag: war
How We Remember War: A Veterans Day Special Issue
The commemoration of war has often, as in the case of Charlottesville, been used to bind together the sinews of power. The three articles in this series seek to explore avenues in the other direction, commemorating war as a means of bending the arc of history toward justice. As their authors suggest, changing the way we remember war has the potential to fundamentally rework our understandings of both the past and present. In the process, we may find new opportunities to foster more equitable approaches to our shared history and society.
Alt-Right Imagination, Armies, and Human Freedom
There are self-sacrificing military figures in the past who have upheld ideals that even someone left of the Democratic Party might find palatable.
Remembering the Honorable Dead: The Tumultuous History of Armistice Day
Amidst controversies surrounding increasing veteran suicide rates, presidential conduct towards war widows, and the seemingly never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, it seems like the opportune moment to push aside the politics and to take time to reflect on the sacrifices members of the armed services and their families have made to protect the democratic practices and ideas we hold as key to our American identity.
“Who Are the Good Guys?”: The Role of Reenactments in Conveying the Realities of Historical Warfare
Reenacting can do what no other form of education can do: it can engage both the body and mind.
The Activist History Review 