Category Archives: International

Foreign Relations, Domestic Security, and the Trump Era

Posted on January 2017 by Janice Jayes

The foreign policy outlook for the near future is bleak, but not just because of the incoming Trump administration’s proposals. Trump’s public statements about rolling back U.S. investments in “soft” issues like human rights or economic development, abandoning multilateral obligations … Continue reading →

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“Anti-Refugeeism without Refugees” in Eastern Europe

Posted on November 2016 by Richard Esbenshade

Analysts of post-World War II, post-Holocaust Eastern Europe coined the term “Anti-Semitism without Jews” to characterize the uncanny persistence of prejudice in countries mostly cleansed of any actual Jewish presence. The category of “Jew” took on a symbolic character, incorporating … Continue reading →

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October Surprise: Harold “Killer” Koh to Lecture at UI Law School in Election Week

Posted on September 2016 by Midge O'Brien

Harold Hongju Koh, Hillary Clinton’s former legal advisor at the State Department  has been invited as an ‘endowed speaker’ at the U.I. College of Law, twelve days prior to the November election. Koh, currently a Yale Law School professor and … Continue reading →

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Activists Among Us: Claire Szoke

Posted on September 2016 by Julie Laut

By Julie Laut Claire Szoke is an activist among us who has worked tirelessly on behalf of social justice issues for over forty years. She is currently the co-chair of Central Illinois Jobs With Justice, part-time director at the Channing-Murray … Continue reading →

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Orlando Shooter Was A Product of US Hyper-Masculinity

Posted on July 2016 by Tariq Khan

Like so many others, I’ve been at a loss trying to make sense of the heinous act of anti-queer mass murder in Orlando. The following are some of my scattered thoughts on the topic, some of which I originally posted … Continue reading →

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Rio 2016: Beautiful Games at Huge Cost

Posted on July 2016 by Neil Parthun

From August 5 to August 21, Rio will be the home of some of the most beautifully intense displays of athletics during the 2016 Summer Olympics. While fans will rightfully be enjoying the amazing displays, we should also pay attention … Continue reading →

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May Day Rally on Quad

Posted on May 2016 by Public i

“This is what solidarity looks like.” May Day rally on the U of I Quad.

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From the Arab Spring to the Syrian Civil War: Looking Again at the Modern Middle East

Posted on May 2016 by Janice Jayes

It’s tempting to put the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War in separate boxes, but like other forms of compartmentalization, that only hides but doesn’t resolve the underlying problems. The dynamics that helped the Syrian War erupt into one … Continue reading →

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African Liberation, Socialism, and Ghana Today

Posted on May 2016 by Al Kagan

What do most Americans know or think they know about Africa? A number of stereotypes come to mind. African countries are unsafe and unhealthy, always at war, unstable, and poor. People are uneducated and lazy, and live in rural villages … Continue reading →

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Reframing Refugees: Looking Beyond Borders in Champaign-Urbana

Posted on April 2016 by Alexandra van Doren

The St. Louis Perhaps you have heard of the Voyage of the St. Louis. On May 13th, 1939, a ship with 937 passengers aboard, predominantly Jewish, set sail from Hamburg en route to Havana. Among the 937 men, women, and … Continue reading →

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