Resistance can fuel our passion, validate our convictions or break our spirit. The pursuit of resisting may be undertaken out of necessity or through choice. With these motives in ...

In October 2013, students and staff at the University of Hawaiʻi painted this mural on their campus in Honolulu. The mural was painted in protest of the University’s involvement in...

it took a cutting of my skin by a mouthful of teeth–   from two places    [it came] fixed     margin by margin; hold cities under breast neither could swallow it like the daff...

Sometimes resistance is not violent. Sometimes, it is reinforcing what is peripheral to a culture because the roots of it are still in the homeland. The Kashmir Valley, at the foot...

Readers be warned: bringing up genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at a dinner party could just be the 21 st  century equivalent of bringing up feminism or conscientious objectio...

Sumithri Rekha Venketasubramanian.  Soo-mi-three  (roll the  r , short vowel sounds for the first two syllables)  Ray-khaa  (aspirate the  k  a slight bit)  Veng-cut-uh-soob-ruh-mu...

Soul You have not earned the right to use this word, a white professor said to the Persian girl as he ran his eye over her poem.  And filled with shame (at her own presumption) she...

Much of the discourse surrounding Myanmar discusses its struggles with identity formation as an obstacle to its otherwise huge potential for growth and development (Dittmer, 2010) ...

The radio alarm this morning leaked a slow dark stain. Some deaths are quick and almost fine. These have caused the stars to reel in pain. Take my morning cup of Earl Grey tea, tak...

Understanding resistance, and social phenomena more broadly, has traditionally been the domain of the social scientist who stands above the everyday to bring to light what was prev...

Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: reflections on the end of a civilization . By Roy Scranton. Published 2015 by City Lights Books, 142 pages. In  Learning to Die in the Anthropo...

She learns shame when she’s 11 years old. When their cackles echo through her nightmares and snarl to the rhythm of the 8 o’clock bell. -ding- dong-ding-dong – Her eyes follow the ...

Last December, the leader of the Islamic State posted portions of a call-to-action on Twitter intended for Muslims around the world. The words were cut from an audio recording, in ...

Resistance is a battle cry. Resistance can move mountains. Resistance, in many ways, has defined the shape and limits of the modern world. But what occurs within its contours? In h...

In July of 2016 four violent attacks in three different German cities claimed the lives of 13 people. The first anti-terrorism policy draft published in the aftermath of the attack...

–  Ramsey Kanaan   interviewed by   Odette Shenfield PM Press’ Stall at the World Social Forum At the 2016 World Social Forum in Montreal, I sat down to talk to Ramsey Kanaan, foun...