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Occupy Colleges Now: Students as the New Public Intellectuals
Students are recognizing that it is crucial to struggle for the university as a democratic public sphere.

Beyond the Limits of Neoliberal Higher Education: Global Youth Resistance and the American/British Divide
“We need a wholesale revision of how a democracy both listens to and treats young people.”

Occupy Wall Street’s Battle Against American-Style Authoritarianism
Within a very short time, Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation to corporate corruption.

Truthout’s Yana Trakhtenberg on Democracy Now!: “Bahrain Is No Longer an Independent Country“
The King of Bahrain has declared a state of emergency for three months following weeks of pro-democracy protests.

Why Misogynists Make Great Informants
The state has already understood a fact that the Left has struggled to accept: misogynists make great informants.

For Youth: A Disciplinary Discourse Only
“The present is a period of riots,” writes Alain Bertho.