Make Way for the Activists
The African writers who defied colonial education, a love affair with Kathy Acker, Colombia’s young revolutionaries, lessons from Occupy, and more
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September 23, 2021
Featured Essay
Casper Andersen, “A Pencil for your Land: Ngũgĩ and Achebe on colonial public school.” (September 20, 2021)
Sex
Claire Potter and McKenzie Wark, “Kathy Acker’s Astrologer Told Her She Would Meet Somebody—and That Was Me: A conversation with McKenzie Wark, one of our most dazzling contemporary theorists, about what we can learn from one of America’s most dazzling postmodern writers.” (September 17, 2021)
Activism
Jo Freeman, “‘Justice for J6’ Rally Was Much Ado About Nothing.” (September 22, 2021)
Aura Angélica Hernández Cárdenas, “We Are All First Liners: Colombia’s youth are institutionalizing a revolution by building solidarity and insurgent
practices that can last.” (September 22, 2021)Nara Roberta Silva, “Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street: A moment of madness that began on September 17, 2011, illuminated the world where the ‘99 percent’ lived.” (September 17, 2021)
Finance
Andrew Moon and Janet Roitman, “The ‘K’ in the Economy: Private equity and the rise of permanent capital.” (September 20, 2021)
Our Columnists
Heather Cox Richardson, “Drone Strikes and Civilian Casualties: Will admitting a ‘tragic mistake’ change the way we wage war?” (September 21, 2021)
John Stoehr, “The Biggest Media Bias That No One Is Talking About:
How newspapers are obscuring a violent Republican crime wave.” (September 22, 2021)Pat Garofalo, “How Corporate Subsidies Sink Small Businesses: The Alabama insurance market shows how tax breaks benefit dominant corporations.” (September 20, 2021)
And at The Nation, our editorial intern Madeleine Janz joins other students in describing how COVID-19 is impacting their college experience. (September 21, 2021)