Russia is Our Friend

The Alt-Right, Trump and the Transformation of the Republican Party

Looking behind recent events, there are troubling developments occurring behind the scenes underscoring how Donald Trump’s relationship to the Alt-Right is transforming the Republican Party. In more ways than one. There were already signs that the Republican Party had gone beyond dog-whistling about race to being the Party of white ...
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Russia is Our Friend

Europe’s Nationalist International

Europe’s far-right groups and ideologues have long been collaborating across national borders to further their agendas

Immediately after Marine Le Pen successfully advanced to the second round of the French Presidential election by beating the candidate from the mainstream right, Italy's far-right leader Matteo Salvini, tweeted a photo of him with the French politician, with the caption "Go Marine." He later added: "it is time get ...
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Europe’s Nationalist International

What Happened at Hypatia?

Peer Review, Academic Kinship, and Social Media

In response, over 500 feminists -- a mix of senior, untenured and independent scholars, as well as graduate and a few undergraduate students, signed a letter demanding that Hypatia retract Tuvel’s article. They argue that it “falls short of scholarly standards in various areas,” uses incorrect vocabulary, “deadnames” Jenner (refers ...
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What Happened at Hypatia?

Ordnance as Ordinance

The MOAB bomb and the Biblical Roots of Our Endless War

In this light, both the decision to name this weapon MOAB and the decision to deploy it in Afghanistan is tightly linked with what Judith Butler called a “new military convention” begun by Colin Powell when he described the deployment of “smart bombs” during the first Iraq War as “the ...
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Ordnance as Ordinance

Testimony — Miriam

Si Se Puede/We Can Do It Co-Op

Click here for the Spanish version. “I’ve learned a lot of new things through the co-op: that we have to be united, that we have to take collective decisions, and that we have to take into consideration different points of view.” I’m from Mexico. I came here 20 years ago with my ...
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Testimony — Miriam

Testimonio — Miriam

Cooperativa Sí Se Puede

Click here for the English version. “He aprendido varias cosas de la cooperativa: que tenemos que estar unidas, tenemos que tomar decisiones, y tomar en cuenta diferentes puntos de vista.” Soy de México. Me vine con mi mamá y mis cuatro hermanos menores por problemas económicos hace veinte años. Somos originarios del ...
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Testimonio — Miriam

Testimony – Natalia

Laundry Workers Center

Click here for the Spanish version. “On May 1st, I will not go to work to show that this country would be nothing without us Hispanics/Latinos.” My name is Natalia. I was born in Queretaro but now I live in New York. I moved to the US in 2007. My partner who ...
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Testimony – Natalia

Testimonio — Natalia

Laundry Workers Center

Click here for the English version. “El primero de mayo, no voy a asistir al trabajo para demostrarles que, sin nosotros, los hispanos, en este país no son nada.”  Mi nombre es “Natalia.” Nací en Querétaro y ahora vivo en Nueva York. Me mudé a los Estados Unidos en el 2007. Mi ...
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Testimonio — Natalia

Testimony — Ana

Pa’lante Green Cleaning Co-Op

Click here for the Spanish version. “In my country, Argentina, you hear about cooperatives but they’re in recovered factories, like in the film The Take! If we do the manual labor, we can also manage ourselves.” I was born in Mendoza, Argentina. Well, my father is Bolivian and my mother is Argentine ...
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Testimony — Ana

Testimonio — Ana

Pa’lante Green Cleaning

Click here for the English version. “En mi país, Argentina, uno escucha de las cooperativas, pero en fábricas recuperadas, como en la película La Toma! Si nosotros hacemos la mano de obra, también podemos manejarnos solos." Yo nací en Mendoza, Argentina. Bueno, mi papá es boliviano y mi mamá es argentina, pero ...
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Testimonio — Ana

Testimonio — Patricia

Brightly Cleaning Cooperative

Click here for the English version. “Quiero hacer que las mujeres abran los ojos y pierdan el miedo.” Muchas mujeres creen que no trabajan. Creen que su labor -- ya sea lavar ropa ajena o vender productos -- no es trabajo. No nos damos cuenta de que sí lo es porque es ...
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Testimonio — Patricia