Listen to Tanyette Colon, film-maker and Standing Rock activist, who traveled to Norway with Standing Rock Water Protectresses to help persuade Norwegians to divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline in conversation — with Alison Rose Levy.
Post-Fascist Europe Tells Us Exactly How to Defend Our Democracy
Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. Here are 20 lessons from the 20th century, adapted to the circumstances of today. 1. Do not obey in advance. Much of the power of …
Sarah Lazare – The Scandal of Chemical Weapons in U.S. Prisons
Originally launched as a tool of trench combat during World War I, tear gas has been used around the world over the past century to enforce colonial rule, quell popular protests and aid in ethnic cleansing of civilians. This “riot control agent” was banned as a “method of war” by the Chemical Weapons Convention, an arms control treaty that went …
Comparing Atrocities
The description of the death of Robert-Francois Damiens, the man who attempted to kill Louis XV, is not for the faint-hearted. On March 2, 1757, in front of a crowd of spectators, Damiens was drawn and quartered, which means that his limbs were tied to four horses that were then urged to gallop toward the four points of the compass. …