Noel Ignatiev, crica 1995. Image courtesy of Rachel Edwards. by Michael Staudenmaier Noel Ignatiev died on November 9, 2019, at the age of 78. As both a worker and a scholar, Ignatiev modeled the…
March in support of Vizcarra's adjournment of the Congress. Image via Bloomberg. By Javier Puente Military coups, bureaucratic authoritarianism, and the politics of anti-politics – an autocratic mode of governance based on the obliteration of political participation…
Santiago, Chile, October 22, 2019. Photo by Miguel Kaiser Colivoro. By HEIDI TINSMAN On Friday October 25, 2019, an estimated 1.5 million people converged on Santiago’s main boulevard in a stunning defense of democracy. In…
Military personnel with two protesters holding signs, Plaza Italia, Santiago, October 19, 2019. Photo by Romina A. Green Rioja. BY ROMINA A. GREEN RIOJA It has been a short time since the mass protests began in Chile, and it already feels as though the…
Protesters hold up shields before a confrontation with police in Wan Chai. Photo: Alex Yun for Lausan.
The Abusable Past
By Chris Chien and Ellie TseOn June 9, 2019, approximately one million people marched toward the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) to protest the second…
Once again, U.S. News & World Report has released its annual Best Colleges ranking. Now I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen a…
The Body Politic takes “Another Look” at “Men Loving Boys Loving Men,” March/April 1979. Reproduced with permission of Pink Triangle Press. Steven Maynard In his now-infamous article “Men loving boys loving men,” which appeared in the Toronto-based gay liberation paper The Body Politic in December 1977 / January 1978, journalist…
Unnamed AFP member attending Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, Washington, D.C., August 28, 2010. Photo by author. by A.J. Bauer Editors’ Note: In the past, Radical History Review has run “counter-obituaries” of historical figures in order to challenge the hagiography and whitewashing of crimes…
By Myrl Beam I’m not the only one breathing a massive sigh of relief, right? Thank god Pride month is over. Do we have to…
Original artwork by Colectivo La Puerta By Aurora Santiago-Ortiz and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo On July 17, 2019, between 400,000 and 500,000 people took to the streets in Puerto Rico to demand the…