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Communal Luxury

The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune

Kristin Ross

Kristin Ross’s new work on the thought and culture of the Communard uprising of 1871 resonates with the motivations and actions of contemporary protest, which has found its most...

The Leveller Revolution

John Rees

The Levellers, revolutionaries that grew out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling...

Building the Commune

Radical Democracy in Venezuela

George Ciccariello-Maher

Since 2011, a wave of popular uprisings has swept the globe, taking shape in the Occupy movement, the Arab Spring, 15M in...

Nonviolence Ain't What It Used To Be

Unarmed Insurrection and the Rhetoric of Resistance

Shon Meckfessel

US social movements face many challenges. One of their most troublesome involves the question of nonviolence. Civil disobedience and symbolic protest have characterized many...

Riot. Strike. Riot

The New Era of Uprisings

Joshua Clover

Baltimore. Ferguson. Tottenham. Clichy-sous-Bois. Oakland. Ours has become an “age of riots” as the struggle of people versus state and capital has taken to the streets....

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression...

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of...

Fighting the Devil in Dixie

How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama

Wayne Greenhaw

Shortly after the success of the Montgomery bus boycott, the Ku Klux Klan—determined to keep segregation as the way of life in Alabama—staged a resurgence. The strong-armed...

Taking Sides

Revolutionary Solidarity and the Poverty of Liberalism

Cindy Milstein

Taking Sides argues not for reform of structurally brutal institutions but rather for their abolition. Its thirteen essays are sharp interventions that take particular aim at the role of...