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Activism

Black Swans No More!

When Things Fall Apart, a New Role for Community-Engaged Scholars

February 15, 2021 • by Trebor Scholz

As the pandemic has worn on, I have found myself devoting more and more of my time to conversations with researchers who have one foot in the world of alternative economies. I talked with dozens of Ph.D. students who self-identify as scholar-activists; they don’t want to stop at an analysis ...

Democracy

The Future of a Delusion

Why Trump’s followers still have faith in him

February 15, 2021 • by John Ehrenreich

Noon on January 20 was a “ding-dong the witch is dead” moment for many. Defeated in the election, discredited by the invasion of the Capitol, and impeached for a second time, Donald Trump disappeared into his Mar-a-Lago mansion. His hold on the Republican Party and the nation seemed over. But though ...

Europe & Central Asia

How the Most Powerful Frenchman in the World Embraced the Philosophy of Sade – and Lost All of His Power

Libertinage isn’t liberating, it’s a form of fascism

February 11, 2021 • by Mitchell Abidor

_____Recently, I’ve been watching Jalil Lespert’s Netflix miniseries Room 2806: The Accusation. This four-episode docu-drama recounts the rise and fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, at the time the President of the International Monetary Fund and a leading candidate for the French presidency. Strauss-Kahn (familiarly known as DSK) was arrested in New York ...

How the Most Powerful Frenchman in the World Embraced the Philosophy of Sade – and Lost All of His Power

Columnists

Don’t Believe the Republicans. The Fix is In

The only authority they respect is theirs

February 11, 2021 • by John Stoehr

I know what Mitch McConnell said, but I’m not a fool. Neither are you. He continues to leak information about “his thinking” to reporters who in turn tell us the Senate minority leader believes a vote for Donald Trump’s guilt or innocence is a matter of conscience in his party, ...

Don’t Believe the Republicans. The Fix is In

Columnists

The Case for Impeachment

As Donald Trump’s second trial begins, Representative Raskin warns the Senate that to not convict is to invite future presidents to do whatever they need to do to hold on to power

February 11, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

The second impeachment trial for former president Donald J. Trump began on February 9, this time for incitement of insurrection against the American government. Still, the people who are really on trial are the 50 Republican senators judging Trump’s guilt. The impeachment trial, this time around, covered whether it is constitutional to ...

Politics

Will a Truth Commission Open the Door to Unity, Reconciliation, and Healing in the United States?

Some Americans say yes, but in South Africa and Rwanda they have produced mixed results

February 11, 2021 • by Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman

_____ Following a tumultuous and divisive four years under the Trump administration that culminated in white extremist groups storming the U.S. Capitol, Joe Biden’s inaugural speech as the 46th president of the United States focused on rebuilding, healing and restoring the nation. Since Biden gave that speech on January 20, the ...

Will a Truth Commission Open the Door to Unity, Reconciliation, and Healing in the United States?

Politics

The Confederate Flag as a Symbol of White Supremacy – and How Black Americans Have Defied It

Besides tearing it down and burning it, Black artists have also used it to craft spectacular counter-images

February 11, 2021 • by Matthew Pratt Guterl

_____ Kevin Seefried, a goateed white man dressed in jeans, a dark hoodie, and a brown outdoor vest, casually strolled through the atrium of the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Over his shoulder was slung an oversized, six-foot-long version of the so-called “Stars and Bars,” the battle flag of the ...

The Confederate Flag as a Symbol of White Supremacy – and How Black Americans Have Defied It

History

Can History Tell Us Whether Trumpism Is A Fascist Movement?

Four lessons from Japan’s journey to war in the 1930s say that we should be asking other questions

February 11, 2021 • by Ian Rapley

"In other words, left unaddressed, the danger is that the ideas and networks behind January 6th’s events will resurface again. "...

Can History Tell Us Whether Trumpism Is A Fascist Movement?

Democracy

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Past Present Podcast, Episode 266

February 9, 2021 • by Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been stripped of her committee assignments due to her outspoken support of outlandish theories, from QAnon to school shootings to “space lasers” causing forest fires. Niki referred to Michelle Goldberg’s New York Times opinion ...

Politics

All the Political World’s a Stage

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will put Republicans, Democrats, and the idea of justice on trial too

February 9, 2021 • by Peter Nohrnberg

On the 9th of February, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will begin: the outcome is all but assured. Although Trump himself will likely be exonerated, neither political party will be easily freed from the burden brought upon them by his presidency. The trial will be a test and ...

Democracy

A Few Remarks on Outing

February 8, 2021 • by Pawel Knut

In August and September 2020 a lively discussion about another case of “outing” of a public figure, i.e. disclosing a person's sexual orientation against their will, entered Polish public debate. This time, Jan Kanthak, a MP from the conservative party “United Poland” (Solidarna Polska), was outed by Michał Kowalówka, a local ...

Politics

John Stuart Mill and the Successful Failure of Liberalism

A political philosopher for our troubled times

February 4, 2021 • by Chris Barker

The scholarly world has recently gone in for grand narratives of decline. The similarly-titled How Democracies Die and How Democracy Ends share a transatlantic frisson of horror at illiberal democracy, while offering different diagnoses of the problem. The erosion of liberal democratic norms, exacerbated by parties’ failure to choose centrist candidates, or liberal democracy's ...

Politics

Black Swans No More!

When Things Fall Apart, a New Role for Community-Engaged Scholars

The Future of a Delusion

Why Trump’s followers still have faith in him

How the Most Powerful Frenchman in the World Embraced the Philosophy of Sade – and Lost All of His Power

Libertinage isn’t liberating, it’s a form of fascism

Don’t Believe the Republicans. The Fix is In

The only authority they respect is theirs

The Case for Impeachment

As Donald Trump’s second trial begins, Representative Raskin warns the Senate that to not convict is to invite future presidents to do whatever they need to do to hold on to power

Will a Truth Commission Open the Door to Unity, Reconciliation, and Healing in the United States?

Some Americans say yes, but in South Africa and Rwanda they have produced mixed results

The Confederate Flag as a Symbol of White Supremacy – and How Black Americans Have Defied It

Besides tearing it down and burning it, Black artists have also used it to craft spectacular counter-images

Can History Tell Us Whether Trumpism Is A Fascist Movement?

Four lessons from Japan’s journey to war in the 1930s say that we should be asking other questions

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

Past Present Podcast, Episode 266

All the Political World’s a Stage

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will put Republicans, Democrats, and the idea of justice on trial too

A Few Remarks on Outing

John Stuart Mill and the Successful Failure of Liberalism

A political philosopher for our troubled times

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