Article Subjects and Geography: Democracy

What 1930s Radicals Totally Knew: Scott Borchert on the Federal Writers’ Project

What 1930s Radicals Totally Knew: Scott Borchert on the Federal Writers’ Project

by Scott Borchert and Susie Day

March 1, 2022

The Great Depression is almost one century old. Today in the United States we remember this international economic collapse, and the suffering it engendered, by reading novels and essays about it, watching plays, viewing paintings—often forgetting that the U.S. government of that time encouraged and financially supported much of this art. Not only art: the Depression was one of the few times that the federal government ever stepped in to help ordinary people get on their feet.

Disease, Disability, and Paternalism in the Fight for Medicare for All

Disease, Disability, and Paternalism in the Fight for Medicare for All

by Maggie Mills

December 1, 2021

The sick and disabled need true co-conspirators who hold politicians accountable, who value the sick and disabled as expert strategists speaking to the needs of the community; who understand and amplify our urgency and our anger. We need universal, single-payer health care—comprehensive care for all, regardless of income or health status—now.

Can the Chinese Diaspora Speak?

Can the Chinese Diaspora Speak?

by Qiao Collective

July 1, 2021

The Chinese diaspora is compelled either to prostrate to an edifying project of assimilation to U.S. liberal democracy, or be branded as illiberal "Red Guards" unfit for serious political discourse. This discursive context has long mobilized overseas Chinese to affirm the universalism of Western liberalism in opposition to a Chinese despotism defined either by dynastic backwardness or communist depravity. Can overseas Chinese speak for themselves in the face of the West's "hegemonic right to knowledge?" Or will all such speech that challenges U.S. presuppositions of liberal selfhood and Chinese despotism simply be tuned out as illiberal noise?

The Guaidó Era: A Sixth, Very Long Coup Attempt

by Joe Emersberger and Justin Podur

June 1, 2021

U.S. sanctions killed tens of thousands of Venezuelans before the recognition of Juan Guaidó as interim president in 2019 led to even more murderous sanctions. The message is that tremendous economic pain will be inflicted on the country until Nicolás Maduro is gone.

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