By Eline van Ommen, author of Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War
When I submitted my dissertation in 2019, my supervisor gave me the mug that had been on her desk for years. Printed on it were the red and black silhouettes of people waving...
By Mark Levine, author of We’ll Play Till We Die and Heavy Metal Islam
The video, posted anonymously on Facebook, had only 300 views when I first saw it. The singer wasn’t named, and in fact wasn’t even in the video — the camera stayed steady on the crowd. The words supplied their own ...
“Music and politics are hardly separable . . The title of this book was uttered by Zakaria Ibrahim, the founder of the renowned Egyptian folklore group El Tanbura, late one night. . . Reflecting on the political, musical, and financial struggles his band has had to endure over several de...
“I envision a future in which the systems we create—far more than those we have inherited—are guided by movements built on our shared humanity.”—Bryonn Bain
Rebel Speak: A Justice Movement Mixtape is a literary mixtape of transformative dialogues on justice with a cast of visionary ...
By Ross Cole, author of The Folk: Music, Modernity, and the Political Imagination
If you’ve ever watched Werner Herzog’s brilliant but harrowing film Grizzly Man, you might recall the closing song––‘Coyotes’ performed by Don Edwards. It emerges just after Herzog’s parting comment t...
By Joshua Frens-String, author Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile
Few sounds are more closely associated with social disquiet in contemporary Chile than the rhythmic, collective banging of empty saucepans. I remember first hearing the metalli...
By Corinna Zeltsman, author of Ink under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Behind histories of press freedom and liberal state formation in nineteenth-century Mexico lies an unexplored dimension – the printing shops and diverse laboring communities that po...
How did the red flag become the symbol of the global labor movement?
As historian Niklas Frykman argues, its origins trace back to mutinies at sea and maritime communities that were founded on a radical egalitarian spirit and an insistence on participatory democracy.
In this virtual...