Protest

The Cruel, Petty Killing of an Anti-Occupation Activist

The Cruel, Petty Killing of an Anti-Occupation Activist The Cruel, Petty Killing of an Anti-Occupation Activist

Hajj Suleiman, an elder of the anti-occupation movement, was run over by a tow truck while protesting an Israeli “operation” to confiscate cars in his village.

Jan 21, 2022 / Ben Ehrenreich

George Floyd protest in Minneapolis

The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government

No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.

Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich

Ai Weiwei

No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China

Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.

Jan 6, 2022 / Yaqiu Wang

My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison

My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison My Neighbor Protested His Family’s Expulsion From Its Home—Now He’s in an Israeli Prison

Murad Attieh has been in prison for 133 days for what many believe is an effort to criminalize our movement.

Dec 21, 2021 / Editorial / Mohammed El-Kurd

Harvard Yale Divest Protest

Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest Harvard and Yale Should Do More Than Just Divest

Two years ago, climate activists stormed the field during a Harvard-Yale football game to protest fossil fuel investments. What has changed since then?

Nov 23, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Josie Steuer Ingall

Chile Street Protest

Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President Donald Duck Quacks Again as Chile Elects a New President

A half-century after it fed the Pinochet regime’s bonfire of heretical books, a celebrated “handbook of decolonization” has new relevance to a country on the brink of a momentous c...

Nov 22, 2021 / Ariel Dorfman

Cuba Window

The Latest Round of Protests in Cuba Are a Bust—for Now The Latest Round of Protests in Cuba Are a Bust—for Now

But US sanctions and Covid have kept the island in a vise only made worse by a dysfunctional economy and long overdue reforms.

Nov 18, 2021 / Ed Augustin

How Protest Moves From the Streets Into the Statehouse

How Protest Moves From the Streets Into the Statehouse How Protest Moves From the Streets Into the Statehouse

In The Loud Minority, Daniel Gillion examines the relationship between electoral politics and protest movements.

Nov 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Pineda

UPR Student Protest

“The University of Puerto Rico Is Not for Sale!” “The University of Puerto Rico Is Not for Sale!”

Thousands of student protesters in Puerto Rico are fighting against further austerity measures from a new bill, PC1003, that will drastically cut funding for public education.

Oct 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Rima Brusi

The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next?

The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next? The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next?

Will efforts to rehabilitate Portland’s brand eclipse the tentative steps taken toward real reform?

Oct 5, 2021 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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