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From Fascism to Populism In History

A book excerpt from Federico Finchelstein’s latest book

September 26, 2017 • by Federico Finchelstein

Populism is an authoritarian form of democracy. Defined historically, it thrives in contexts of real or imagined political crises, wherein populism offers itself as antipolitics. It claims to do the work of politics while keeping itself free from the political process. Democracy in this sense simultaneously increases the political participation ...

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Antifa, Cultural Appropriation, and Income Inequality – LIVE!

Past Present: Episode 101

September 26, 2017 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate the historical origins of Antifa, cultural appropriation, and the role of contract labor in an unequal society.

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Antifa, Cultural Appropriation, and Income Inequality – LIVE!

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Being an Activist, Having Privilege

Thoughts from inside the university

September 25, 2017 • by Liz Scheer

On the one hand, this line of thinking makes a great deal of sense to me. "The conversation" will never be "about me" (my own privilege will figure prominently in this essay), nor those like me, since we will never know what it is like to move through an anti-Black ...

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The Myth of the Clash Between Islam and the West Revisited

ISIL, media, and adaptation

September 25, 2017 • by Jad Moawad

For instance, when first putting forward their analysis of the myth of the Clash of Civilizations (Bottici and Challand, 2013) in 2009, Chiara Bottici and Benoît Challand analyzed the first 20 images that appear when the word al-gharb (West) is searched on Google images[1]. Among the findings, 16 out 20 ...

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‘Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race’ by Clay Cane

A book review

September 23, 2017 • by Kevin Ewing

In 1991, filmmaker, educator, and gay rights activist Marlon Riggs told Outlook magazine: “When the existing history and culture do not acknowledge and address you -- do not see or talk to you -- you must write a new history, shape a new culture that will.” He called for Black lesbian and ...

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The Earth Quake, Hurricanes, Political Madness and Dilemmas of Free Speech

The Life of the Mind Online

September 22, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

I am bewildered. How can so much bad news be happening at the same time? A major earthquake, one horrendous hurricane after another, the Republicans in Congress on the brink of finally making sure that millions -- old, poor and infirm -- can’t go to the doctor? Then there is President ...

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In the Spirit of Disruptive Action

A Stand Against Torture

September 22, 2017 • by Charles E. Snyder

The protests against Yoo and the APSA in San Francisco this week revealed the way in which universities and college campuses are entangled within broader systems of violence, torture, and oppression. In other words, universities and college campuses in the U.S. are not what they so often claim to be: ...

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Solecism or Barbarism (Part 2)

The Swedish Nationalist Milieu and a Cultural Struggle from the Right

September 21, 2017 • by Karl Ekeman

Swedish radical nationalism has undergone a process of normalization, much like its international counterparts. In Sweden, such a normalization becomes evident in the fact that, according to recent opinion polls, the nationalist Sweden Democrats have swelled to become the second largest political party in terms of support. However, parliamentary pursuits ...

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Empire, Epidemics and Visions of Racial Apocalypse

The Precursors of Contemporary Xenophobia

September 21, 2017 • by Alexandre White

In the numerous violent clashes the book depicts, like the one in which Belgian soldiers stationed in consular offices in India massacre thousands of advancing migrants, murder is depicted in orgiastic fashion while officers recite the victories of great conquerors past to raise morale -- tales of crusading knights slaying ...

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Taking Political Differences Seriously

Why I Did Not Protest John Yoo at the APSA Meetings

September 20, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

But I did not protest John Yoo's presence at this year's APSA meeting in San Francisco, and the reason why is simple: I believe the protest was misplaced and also advanced a principle that I find disturbing and cannot support. Let me be clear: I did not and do not “oppose” ...

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Solidarity after Machiavelli

An interview with Ira Katznelson

September 20, 2017 • by Agnieszka Rosner and Ira Katznelson

So first, when you ask what Machiavelli would advise, he would probably take some time, though since he was a genius, he would probably figure it out: what kind of rule this is, what kind of rulers these are. But he would have been surprised in a different dimension. He ...

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Stand Against Torture

Political Scientists Refuse to Legitimate Torture

September 20, 2017 • by Paul A. Passavant and Jodi Dean

Upon hearing that John Yoo was scheduled to appear at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), held August 31 -- September 3, 2017, a number of Political Scientists organized a response. The theme of the annual meeting was “The Quest for Legitimacy: Actors, Audiences and Aspirations." ...