My last article for Global Comment explored how we have lost our common architecture of activism that created and guided mass movements of the past. I argued that the individualistic modern world...
This is the first in a series of posts on Activism in the United States from regular GC contributor Erik Loomis. Let us know what you think! I have an obsession with the state of activism in the...
This is part two of two parts from historian and Global Comment regular contributor Erik Loomis on the history behind the U.S.’s current “Tea Party” movement. Part one is here. Enjoy! Big...
The rise of the Tea Party has shocked the political establishment. Seemingly out of nowhere, the emergence of a grassroots far-right movement overwhelmed the Democratic landslide victory in 2008. The...
The poor Gulf Coast. So abused, so neglected, so forgotten. The oil spill currently afflicting the Louisiana coast has received a great deal of attention. This media focus happens all too rarely in...
In the last two weeks, the political situation in Honduras has begun spiraling out of control. Coup leaders, led by Roberto Micheletti, have significantly raised the stakes since the return of exiled...