Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) This is good..
I haven't read Sarah Schulman's history of ACT-UP yet. My understanding is that it is very good and very long. I will get to it. But I wanted to link.
Like many professors, I will occasionally assign books in my classes because I've heard something good about them and haven't had time to read them. This is the second consecutive.
I have not written a single post about impeachment from the moment Trump was elected. I have not tweeted a single tweet about it. This isn't precisely because I don't.
This is a good reminder that the Stoneman Douglas survivors are acting in a well-established historical context of children leading activist movements or children playing critical roles under adult leadership.
You've probably already seen the news that Time's Person of the Year for 2017 is the collective of "Silence-Breakers" who have bravely stepped forward to accuse their harassers and abusers..
I strongly encourage you to read this Jonathan Matthew Smucker piece from In These Times that calls the entire idea of labeling someone an "activist" a.
In the last week, the crucial role of technology documenting the shockingly routine murder of black people by the police has again been demonstrated. According to The Guardian, 566 people.
