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The Impeachment of Trump Isn’t Nearly Enough
Jan 30, 2020 Impeachment is an important historical moment — but we must look past it to create the possibility of real change.
We Must Come Together to Beat Back Neoliberal Fascism
Dec 18, 2019 Divide-and-conquer political strategies used within and beyond the U.S. have led to atomization, which must be overcome.
Populism Is Not the Answer to Neoliberal Fascism
Sep 16, 2019 Right-wing populism destroys everything that makes a genuine democratic politics possible.
As Ilhan Omar Said, Trump Is a Fascist
Aug 2, 2019 The president's rallies prove it.
History Holds the Antidote to Trump’s Fascist Politics
Jul 16, 2019 Americans’ refusal to learn about the past is leading them to revel in what they should be ashamed of and alarmed over.
Let’s Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine
Jul 1, 2019 The Age of Jackals may be upon us, but history is still open. It is time to think otherwise in order to act otherwise.
Critical Thinking Couldn’t Be More Critical
May 13, 2019 Critical thought and the imaginings of a better world present a direct threat to neoliberalism.
Fighting Fascism in an Era of Lies
Mar 27, 2019 The boundaries between truth and fiction are disappearing, giving way to a culture of lies, immediacy, consumerism and demonization.
Insisting on Resistance in an Age of Ignorance
Feb 20, 2019 Malicious ignorance is a willful refusal to reflect enough to do justice to the complexity of an idea and its potential consequences.
Teachers Are Rising Up to Resist Neoliberal Attacks on Education
Feb 1, 2019 Not only do these teachers see education as deeply political, they also see it as a form of organized resistance.
Born Disposable: Trump’s War on Youth
Jan 18, 2019 The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.
Donald Trump’s Fascist Politics and the Language of Disappearance
Nov 19, 2018 Trump’s language seems buffoonish, but he’s no clown. His rhetoric is meant to destroy thought and democracy.
Reading Against Fascism
Jul 19, 2018 In an age when memory is under attack, a critical review of history becomes a source of hope and a tool of resistance.
Striking Teachers Beat Back Neoliberal War on Public Schools
May 23, 2018 Thousands of educators are taking to the streets, inspired and energized by a dynamic willingness to fight for their own rights, as well as those of their students.
Mainstream Politicians Switch Sides Under Trump
Apr 30, 2018 Often unrecognized in the denunciations of fascism by celebrity politicians such as Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton is that neoliberalism is the new fascism.
The Parkland Shooting Was About More Than Gun Violence
Mar 7, 2018 In the U.S., protecting guns and profits has become more important than protecting the lives of young people.
The Ghost of Fascism in the Age of Trump
Feb 15, 2018 Ideological extremism and a stark indifference to the lies and ruthless policies of the Trump administration have turned the GOP into a party of collaborators.
Challenging Trump’s Language of Fascism
Jan 10, 2018 With the advent of the Trump presidency, language is undergoing a shift in the United States: It now treats dissent, critical media and scientific evidence as a species of "fake news."
Fascism’s Return and Trump’s War on Youth
Dec 14, 2017 Donald Trump’s corporate brand of neoliberal fascism is more than willing to sacrifice the future of young people for short-term political and economic gains, if not democracy itself.
Disposability in the Age of Disasters
Nov 3, 2017 The crises we face are being met by a president who urges police to "take the gloves off" and promotes a "law and order" campaign steeped in racism.
Rethinking Higher Education in a Time of Tyranny
Oct 14, 2017 What kind of democracy is possible when the institutions crucial to a vibrant civil society are vanishing?