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David L. Wilson, coauthor of “The Politics of Immigration,” on the media’s ‘Border Crisis’ (FAIR)

David L. Wilson, coauthor of “The Politics of Immigration,” on the media’s ‘Border Crisis’ (FAIR)

February 20, 2024

News articles have emphasized the fact that border encounters for March and April were at the highest level since 2000, but the differences between now and then are rarely mentioned. The number of Border Patrol agents has nearly doubled since the early 2000s, the agency’s budget has tripled, and most of the 650 miles of barriers now at the border were constructed after 2000. The total monthly border apprehensions may be similar, but migrants have much less chance of eluding today’s outsized enforcement apparatus....

Horne and Burden-Stelly on anti-Blackness, anti-radicalism, and the Internationalist counterforce (The E3W Review of Books)

Horne and Burden-Stelly on anti-Blackness, anti-radicalism, and the Internationalist counterforce (The E3W Review of Books)

February 20, 2024

....Internationalism in the Black American community, in particular, has been critical, not least because of the potency of white supremacy on these shores. Historically, international alliances have allowed us to construct a countervailing power against our domestic foes. You see that, for example, with regards to the Haitian Revolution from 1791 to 1804, which ignites a general crisis of the entire slave system, not least in the Americas, which can only be resolved with its collapse....

“The Return of Nature,” an analysis which captures Marx’s social milieu (Counterfire)

“The Return of Nature,” an analysis which captures Marx’s social milieu (Counterfire)

February 20, 2024

"This is a complex array of themes to pursue, particularly given that the scientific and social dimensions of sexual politics in the lives of many of these figures is highly relevant as well. Bellamy Foster rightly emphasises the importance of such issues within the overall picture, as a genuinely dialectical understanding of society and nature could hardly avoid confronting the alienated character of gender relations in class societies...."

Digging up a review of Ian Angus’ “Facing the Anthropocene,” from the Journal of Anthropological Research

Digging up a review of Ian Angus’ “Facing the Anthropocene,” from the Journal of Anthropological Research

February 20, 2024

Angus recounts the history of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). First developed in the late 1920s, by 1970 more than 750,000 tons of CFCs had been pumped into the earth’s atmosphere. In the mid-1970s, scientists began to discover the link between CFCs and ozone depletion, and the chemical industry went into full denial mode, arguing that scientists’ arguments were 'just theories'....As it turns out, the British Antarctic Survey had been measuring ozone levels since 1957....

“The Return of Nature” is a Resource for Scientific Radicals (Science for the People)

“The Return of Nature” is a Resource for Scientific Radicals (Science for the People)

February 20, 2024

The Return of Nature is a genealogy of ecological thinking. The word ‘ecology’ was not in common usage until the twentieth century, leading many to consider ecological thinking a fairly recent development. However, in this impressive volume, John Bellamy Foster convincingly identifies a materialist ecological sensibility within works dating back a century prior to ecology’s popularization..."

Jennifer Laurin, on the guidance offered in “Sensing Injustice”

Jennifer Laurin, on the guidance offered in “Sensing Injustice”

February 20, 2024

"Here are a few pieces of advice I got from Michael, that I would have liked to have had earlier in my career: Make sure your case tells a story – a story of your client and a story of the law...Be wary of judicial and prosecutorial ego – but know that there are people with both power and conscience...Trust the capacity of jurors to learn and dispense justice...Decide what you want and ask for it...Don’t mistake lawyering for movement work – but don’t forget about the movement either...Believe that one case at a time can, over time, make a difference...Bring others along on your journey – and remember their contributions to it with graciousness and gratitude....."

A conversation between Michael Tigar, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz & more (Watch: Rapoport Center)

A conversation between Michael Tigar, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz & more (Watch: Rapoport Center)

February 20, 2024

"The federal courts should be a sanctuary in the jungle,” said Clarence Darrow, the famous lawyer in the "Scopes" Monkey Trial. Legendary lawyer Michael Tigar took those words to heart. He hunted the jungle's predators — the likes of Pinochet. He defended its prey — the likes of Lynne Stewart and Julian Assange. He gave counsel to Panthers like Angela Davis, and, as you just learned, briefly shared a cell with the likes of Bobby Seale.

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