Ernest Knocks Off was 18 when he arrived at the Carlisle boarding school in 1879. He was one of many young Native people who fought – in his case, to the death – to retain their language and culture.
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Loudly proclaiming your dislikes isn’t snobbery. There can be a power and poetry to putrescence.
Nigerian women have successfully used their naked bodies as an instrument of power, rather than shame, to protest injustice.
During COVID-19, boarded-up storefronts host various new types of inspirational, informational and decorative murals that should be read critically as representing political agendas for the future.
Indigenous communities are connecting over digital communities to survive and resist.
Extinction Rebellion isn’t trying to win support or inspire people – it’s trying to force action.
Thurman was 30 years older than King: the same age, in fact, as King’s father. Among his most significant contributions was bringing the ideas of nonviolence to the civil rights movement.
To defeat Trumpism and movements like it, we can be either be part of the problem or part of the solution. Contemplative resistance that reflects on our own collective dysfunction is necessary.
The ‘resistance’ to the Trump administration has many forms, from grassroots organizing to making music. But a historian of 20th-century Germany asks whether opposing Trump is a real resistance.
In an exclusive interview, Professor James Scott discusses anarchism and State resistance by so-called “powerless” actors. Excerpts for The Conversation France.
Thanks to a violent fringe of protesters backed by Hamas, a far larger non-violent movement is struggling to control the narrative of what’s happening in Gaza.
The Atelier Populaire produced many of the iconic images of the student and worker movement that gripped France 50 years ago.
A grassroots movement is fighting for transparency and accountability on North Carolina’s involvement in torture.
An all-women workforce used to weed Italy’s rice fields. And they left a powerful historical legacy.
The rise of neo-Nazism under President Donald Trump signals a new wave of authoritarianism. Now more than ever, colleges and universities must help students become informed and compassionate citizens.
Gay pride has many exuberant advocates. It also has critics in unexpected places.
Defiant against Trump’s policies on immigration and environment, California finds itself defending its way of life – the California Dream itself.
Art helps the youth of Timor Leste express their resistance to legal and political authority in the country.
Martin Luther King Jr. led one of the most successful, nonviolent resistance movements in American history. Here’s a roundup of key coverage from our archive.
The latest Star Wars films stirs up topical themes of resistance, empowerment and activism in the face of large-scale injustices.
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Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Associate Professor of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
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Maitre de conférences en sciences de la communication, Chercheur au PREFICS (Plurilinguismes, Représentations, Expressions Francophones, Information, Communication, Sociolinguistique), Université Rennes 2
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W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, Pomona College
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Associate professor, University of Malaya
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Chargée de recherches HDR au CNRS, en affectation à l'Institut français d'études anatoliennes à Istanbul, Université de Tours
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James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects, Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, & Director, Center for Socially Responsible AI, Penn State
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Professor of History, University of Washington
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Lecturer in French, University of Sussex. Previously in Sociology, University of Gloucestershire, and in Italian, University of Bristol., University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor of Humanities, McMaster University
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Chaired professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University
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