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Letter to the Editor: “Mexico’s Disappeared”
If the Ayotzinapa case goes unpunished, there will never be a commitment from the state to resolve the broader issue.
Seizing Kashmir
For decades India has refused to acknowledge Kashmiri demands for self-determination. Now Modi has a new strategy—a settler project.
Celebrating 50 Years of BR
Writers and editors reflect on their favorite pieces from our archive.
When We Are All Enemies of the State
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
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“Far from serving our republic well, America’s unusual system of checks and balances has paralyzed it—contributing to the authoritarianism we now face.”
—Lisa L. Miller, “The Dead End of Checks and Balances”
“Israeli authorities have made no secret of their aim to bring down the Islamic Republic—an aim that Israel has pursued through assassination of nuclear scientists, cyberattacks, and support for armed groups committed to overthrowing Iran’s government.”
—Alex Shams, “The ‘Terrorists’ in My Grandmother’s Neighborhood”
“It is because of his ideas that the government fears Rodney’s return to the Caribbean: they know the power of critical ideas to take root among people and to move them into action .”
—Stuart Hall, “When We Are All Enemies of the State”
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Far from safeguarding democracy, America’s system of government helped create this authoritarian moment.
Lisa L. Miller leads a forum with Kelly Hayes, Samuel Moyn, and others. Plus Judith Levine on mutual aid as resistance, Debbie Nathan on the national security exception, Alex Gourevitch on the future of campus protest, and more.
Celebrating 50 years of Boston Review
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G. M. Tamás’s “On Post-Fascism” has unfortunately turned out to be one of the most prescient and insightful political texts of the new century. It is an essential text to understand our times, and Boston Review is among a shrinking few publications that would publish material of this seriousness and depth.”
— John Ganz, The Nation columnist on G. M. Tamás’s “On Post-Fascism” (2000)
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