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Category Archives: Democracy
The Struggle for Land and Housing Justice in Urban South Africa
This article is a distillation of a recent conversation with UIUC-based urban justice educator Ken Salo and his Cape Town, South Africa-based comrade Bevil Lucas by the Public i’s Rick Esbenshade. Ken and Bevil are veterans of the 1976 student- … Continue reading
415 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Africa, Democracy, Housing, International, International, Justice, labor, Section, South Africa
Tagged African National Congress, collective solutions, housing justice, humane urbanisms, labor solidarity, neoliberalism, South Africa
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The Media We Need Requires Structural Transformation
This essay is adapted from and expands on an earlier article by the same title published in the Fall 2024 issue of Justice Rising. Media lie at the heart of many crises facing us today, from the rise of fascism … Continue reading
1,229 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Corporate media, Democracy, Media, Section
Tagged alternative media, corporate media, democracy, Indymedia, media reform
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May Issue Front Cover
HANDS OFF! RESIST! 830 total views, 3 views today
830 total views, 3 views today
Posted in Democracy, Front Cover, Section
Tagged democracy, front cover, protest, resistance
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Indivisible Illinois Empowers Progressive Advocates
Indivisible began at the national level after the 2016 election. A few Democratic congressional staffers decided that there needed to be a grassroots movement on the left similar to the Tea Party movement on the right. Since then, the Indivisible … Continue reading
1,638 total views, 2 views today
Posted in Democracy, Politics, Politics, Section, Trump
Tagged democracy, grassroots politics, Indivisible, organizing, protest, second Trump administration
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End Tyranny, Spread Democracy: Let’s Build a Cooperative Economy
The United States fancies itself the exemplar and guarantor of democracy around the world. Whether it’s toppling elected governments, withholding basic necessities, or simply bombing women and children, the US will not be stopped in its endeavor to spread democracy. … Continue reading
668 total views, 3 views today
Posted in Cooperative, Corporations, Democracy, Economy
Tagged cooperatives, corporate economy, economic democracy
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A Surprise from the French Left in the 2024 Legislative Elections
Many French people were very anxious prior to the second round of their July, 2024 legislative elections. Unlike the American two-party system, in the French multiparty system a candidate needs 50 percent or more of the vote to be seated … Continue reading
849 total views, 2 views today
Posted in Democracy, Elections, France, International, International, Section
Tagged Elections, far-right parties, France, leftist movements
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Reflections on Bangladesh’s Recent Revolution: International Students’ Perspective
What began as a student-led protest demanding quota reform in the allocation of Bangladesh’s government jobs rapidly transformed into a revolutionary movement that dismantled an autocratic regime in just two months. As Bangladeshi citizens studying in the United States, we … Continue reading
2,278 total views, 2 views today
Posted in Bangladesh, Democracy, International, International, Section
Tagged Bangladesh, democratic movement, International, revolution, South Asia, student protest
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The Anti-Democratic Movement Against Public Schools
“The path to saving the nation is very simple—it’s going to go through the school boards.” – Steve Bannon The workingmen’s parties of the nineteenth century pushed hard, very hard for public schools and were key to their creation. Yes, … Continue reading
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Posted in Censorship, Democracy, Education, Education, Section
Tagged censorship, charter schools, democracy, education, privatization, public schools
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May Day Rally 2019
This is the text of a speech given at the GEO May 1 rally on the UIUC Main Quad. Thanks to the GEO for having me. Not just because May Day is truly and historically a celebration of anarchist labor … Continue reading
What Can We Learn from the Yellow Vests?
The last Saturday in March marked “Act XX” for the the Gilets Jaunes or Yellow Vests protests, the 20th consecutive weekend citizens have marched in the tens of thousands and occupied traffic roundabouts across France. Since hundreds of thousands mobilized … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Economy, France, Free Speech
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Illiberal America: A Report Card
I never thought I would live to see the U.S. turn into the illiberal, authoritarian, populist, white-nationalist country it has already increasingly become in early 2019. Illiberalism Turns Liberal Democracy on its Head “Liberal democracy” is characterized in theory by … Continue reading