• A rose for Gramsci
    A rose for Gramsci

    Ninety-seven years back, via Giovanni Battista Morgagni, number 25, was a more modest lodging house, home of a quietly discreet pensionante called Antonio Gramsci.

    The Pogrom, Indians, and Genealogies of the Israeli Settler-Vigilante
    The Pogrom, Indians, and Genealogies of the Israeli Settler-Vigilante

    In most major media accounts of settler terror against Palestinians, Israeli settler-vigilantes invariably escape critical categorization beyond the moniker of “extremist.”  Portrayals of these perpetrators of violence invariably focus on the theme of fanaticism while presenting these figures as unsavory if misguided fringe elements in Israeli society.  Such characterizations are naïve and incomplete. 

    CFA Franc System in Francophone Africa: A tool of French financial imperialism
    CFA Franc System in Francophone Africa: A tool of French financial imperialism

    The independence of French Indochina after the Second World War triggered a wave of independence in the French-speaking African countries, and it appeared that French colonial foundations had suffered a huge blow in the early 1960s.

    Historic events past and present: Berlin Bulletin no. 217
    Historic events past and present: Berlin Bulletin no. 217

    Again the USA marked Veterans' Day. Now all leading German parties also want such a "Veteranentag"—to honor all those past patriots who wore uniforms, voluntarily or not, and certainly to inspire many more reluctant young men or women to put on army boots and shoulder arms.… Not so many may recall that the earlier "Armistice Day" marked the end of World War One.

    Monetary Foundations of Education w/ Larry Johnson
    Monetary Foundations of Education w/ Larry Johnson

    This month, we speak with Larry Johnson, associate professor in the Social Foundations of Education Program at the University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg. In his pedagogy, Johnson focuses on the complex relationship between education, culture, and society with the goal of exploring policies and practices from historical and contemporary perspectives that address structural inequality, and transforming educational institutions into sites for social justice. Johnson is notably a long-time proponent of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and variously mobilizes MMT’s insights when training our teachers-to-be.

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