Defiance in Day-Glo: Remembering Poly Styrene Defiance in Day-Glo: Remembering Poly Styrene
The lead singer of the punk band X-Ray Spex never stopped using her music to fight against poverty, war, racism and sexism.
May 6, 2011 / Alexander Billet
Citizen Zinn Citizen Zinn
Throughout his life and work, Howard Zinn was fashioning a living concept of what it means to be a good citizen.
May 6, 2011 / John Tirman
My Friend Len Weinglass My Friend Len Weinglass
Remembering a 1950s radical who developed his values, critical thinking and world view in a time when non-conforming was rare.
May 3, 2011 / Michael Steven Smith
Remembering Hazel Dickens Remembering Hazel Dickens
The high lonesome sound that touched so many, so deeply, could only have been born of both strife and fight-back in equal proportions.
Apr 26, 2011 / John Pietaro
A Voice Fighting for the Creative Expression of Palestinian Youth has Been Lost A Voice Fighting for the Creative Expression of Palestinian Youth has Been Lost
Juliano Mer-Khamis, a leading figure in Palestinian for creative nonviolent resistance, was killed last week. In this clip, Mer-Khamis describes the work of the theater he founded ...
Apr 11, 2011 / The Nation
The Blowback World of Chalmers Johnson The Blowback World of Chalmers Johnson
A vivid and personal portrait of a husband and his enduring work.
Apr 11, 2011 / Sheila Johnson
Remembering Juliano Mer-Khamis Remembering Juliano Mer-Khamis
This brilliant activist and film and theater director, recently murdered in Jenin, represented the best of what it means to be Palestinian and to be Jewish.
Apr 11, 2011 / Ismail Khalidi and Jen Marlowe
Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011 Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011
“The remembrances started almost immediately, as was appropriate. When a giant has fallen there is immense thunder,” wrote Bill Fletcher, Jr., after the passing of the…
Apr 4, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Honoring Manning Honoring Manning
Manning meant for his students to bridge the gap between the seminar room and the street, between theory and practice, between big ideas and the brutal realities of our present w...
Apr 4, 2011 / Timothy Patrick McCarthy
Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011 Slide Show: Manning Marable, 1950-2011
A collection of tributes from friends, students and admirers of a man whose outsized impact on American letters will be felt for years to come.
Apr 4, 2011 / The Nation