By Harsha Walia
I’m still waiting on the feminist response to Gomeshi and rape culture and ‘why women don’t report’ that goes beyond the generic feminist (read: white middle class) answer of fear/disbelief/stigma. Continue reading “Expanding the Feminist Response to Jian Ghomeshi”
By Chelsea Whitlow Shay
With Halloween just days away I can’t help but think of how hyper-sexualized Halloween has become, mainly just for women. It is a trend that has been happening for quite sometime, but it seems to be more striking recently. Continue reading “Scantily Surprised”
By Mark Naison
That is a great question. I teach a senior seminar on Affirmative Action where we deal with the doctrine of “disparate impact” which has been substantially weakened by the Supreme Court since the court affirmed it in the 1971 case Griggs v Duke Power. Continue reading ““Does Racism Matter Any More: My Response to an Inquiry on CNN.COM”
By Vernon Huffman
The best hope for long term human survival appears to lie in the development of resilient communities. By applying local resources at a sustainable rate to meet genuine local needs, resilient neighborhoods fit into the natural order, rather than attempting continuous growth based on exploitation. Continue reading “Resilient Neighborhoods”
By Harsha Walia
Regarding the incident in Ottawa yesterday:
1. Immediately characterize the suspects as racialized (“suspects appear dark”) and link to an Othered political or religious ideology (if possible, not only link, but prove that violence is inherent to said religion or culture). Continue reading “Tried, Tested, True Five Step Strategy for “Domestic Threats and Attacks””
The Anarres Project for Alternative Futures takes its inspiration, in part, from the imaginative work of Ursula K. Le Guin. For decades, her speculative fiction has woven together fantastic worlds with reflections on the nature of human life and the meaning of a socially just world. Continue reading “Walking Away From Paradise: Teaching Ursula K. Le Guin and Social Justice”
By Mark Naison
To Those Who Blame Schools For Poverty
I watched the flower of Bronx youth be shipped off to Vietnam,
some returned, some didn’t, and some who returned were never the same Continue reading “To Those Who Blame Schools for Poverty”
By Chris Crass
I pray for the days when white college students riot against racist policing, riot against mass incarceration and rise up in love and rage for the ways that we, as white people, have been sold a pack of white supremacist lies. Continue reading “Thoughts Following the New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival Riots”
By Matt Enloe
Friday October 10th, Shawn the Baptist and Keith Darrell visited my campus, Oregon State University. We’re no stranger to the ways of the street preachers, but having them visit is never anything short of an ordeal. Continue reading “What We Can Learn From Street Preachers”
By Phoenix Callida
The goal is to make you feel worthless. The goal is to make you shut up. The goal is to make you feel hopeless.
But it’s a lie. All of it. Continue reading “The Goal is to Make you Hopeless: But It’s a Lie.”
Chuck Morse is an American anarchist, academic, translator, editor, and writer. He founded the Institute for Anarchist Studies and The New Formulation: An Anti-Authoritarian Review of Books. Morse was the editor of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory and taught at theInstitute for Social Ecology. Continue reading “Interview: Chuck Morse”
