by efc8d-admin | Feb 9, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Capitalism, Indigenous Rights, Political Economies, Politics and Culture, Socialism
Starting in the autumn of 2025, the US began attacking small civilian boats in or near Venezuelan waters, summarily executing over 126 people. January, 2026 began with it kidnapping Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and bringing them to the US. This...
by efc8d-admin | Jan 5, 2026 | Activism and Actions, Antiracism, Feminism, Organizing
Today we speak with Rachel Kuo about her book, Movement Media: In Pursuit of Solidarity, recently published by Oxford University Press. This fascinating study understands political activism through a unique perspective, asking the question, how do the choices...
by efc8d-admin | Nov 20, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Educational Liberation, Fascism, Labor, Organizing, Recovering Radical Histories
Today I have the immense honor and privilege to speak with Ellen Schrecker, who has been referred to as “the dean of the anti-anti-Communist historians.” Well known for her classic studies of McCarthyism, today Schrecker explains how much worse Trump’s regime is than...
by efc8d-admin | Nov 7, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Organizing, Politics and Culture
In February, a New York assemblyman little known outside New York City was polling at 1% in his bid for mayor of NYC. This Tuesday, he became mayor-elect, after running a remarkable and inspiring campaign that drew 100,000 volunteers to knock on two million doors....
by efc8d-admin | Oct 20, 2025 | Activism and Actions, Africa, Congo, Human Rights, Politics and Culture
How have young people in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo invented new forms of radicalism in response to the impact of new flows of foreign investment and the inability of normal national and international politics to serve their needs and interests?...
