The African National Congress (ANC), the party that’s led South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994, has long considered itself a “liberation movement” – representing all South ...

Once the towering liberation giant that embodied the triumph over apartheid, the ANC limped into coalition politics with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

I've started thinking of my work as liberation. Like breaking free from chains and escaping destructive contexts. Like the American colonies declaring independence from a tyrant, and then establishing ...