Against the Grain – December 6, 2006
Should women who defend themselves be criminalized? And how is disability being constructed in the New World Order? Two contributors to an anthology entitled "Color of Violence" join C.S. Soong.
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Should women who defend themselves be criminalized? And how is disability being constructed in the New World Order? Two contributors to an anthology entitled "Color of Violence" join C.S. Soong.
Gregory Meyerson and Michael Roberto have authored a Monthly Review article on the plausibility of fascism in the US.
At a recent conference, author and scholar Ella Shohat gave a talk about US exceptionalism. Also, C.S. interviews geographer Joel Wainwright about the relationship between capitalism and development.
Cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek, one of the most provocative and high-profile public intellectuals working today, is the subject of a new film. The film’s director is Astra Taylor.
It has been over a year since the Gulf Coast was ravaged by Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita. Amid reports of a city ignored by the federal government, individuals spurned by insurance companies, and miles of neighborhoods abandoned and uninhabited, there are kernels of activism and hope in New Orleans. With LaToya Cantrell, president of the … Continued