Sylvia Rivera was one of the most influential activists in the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1960s and ’70s. A drag queen and transgender woman, Rivera was a key figure in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 ...

Liberation Weekend has announced the lineup for its 2026 edition, Liberation Weekend II, happening on April 24-26 at The ...

The interplay between national and global Black liberation movements, past and present, will be explored at this year’s Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series on February 15 at Rutgers-Newark. Titled ...

“The reason we’re putting this event on is simple: artists of all genders and genres should stand in vocal support of the trans community,” Ekko Astral’s Jael Holzman says. “If you stand for freedom ...

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans will soon have control of the government — and they’re coming into power with a list of targets. Among the GOP’s plans for mass deportations, eroding ...

Many South Africans failed to appreciate the relevance of the Liberation Movements Summit, held in Johannesburg from 25 to 28 July. In an era marked by widespread public disappointment and growing ...

Two hundred days into the Zionist war of aggression on Gaza, the Palestinian struggle is in the midst of a critical conjuncture. For months, organizations in North America have been strengthening and ...

Editors’ Note: The following exchange begins with Jodi Dean’s response to a recent essay by Ayça Çubukçu. Çubukçu then replies, below. Ayça Çubukçu’s recent essay in these pages, “Many Speak for ...

On a special episode (first released on February 5, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: From conservative social movements such as those tied to prohibition, the Moral Majority evangelicals, and the Tea ...