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Is freedom a universal concept, or do language and politics invent it? Is freedom here different from freedom there? Is freedom a permanent state of being or is it a specific experience? What kind of relationship exists between freedom and constraint? Is there such a thing as Black freedom? And white freedom? Does white freedom rely on Black unfreedom? How does the constitution imagine freedom? Can we make freedom, or does freedom make us? It has been more than two decades since South Africa became a democracy, and many wonder what we have done ‘After Freedom’ - how much freedom has ...

lf a man cannot stand freedom, he will probably turn fascist. This, in the fewest possible words, is the essential argument in this modem classic, Escape from Freedom. The author, Erich Fromm, is a distinguished psychologist, late of Berlin and Heidelberg, now of New York City.

Where storytelling meets politics and true crime.The Republic Tapes is a narrative-driven podcast exploring the forgotten and often overlooked political stories that have shaped modern South Africa. From unsolved assassinations and mysterious disappearances to whistleblowers, trials, and betrayals — each episode focuses on one true story, using it as a window into the deeper history and power dynamics of the republic.Whether it’s the disappearance of Mbuyisa Makhubo, the assassination of Chris Hani, the death of Gavin Watson, or the story of Khwezi — this podcast reconnects audiences ...

"After Yemeni’s 13 Years in Guantánamo, Freedom for the Soul Takes Longer" is from the July 29, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

Since 9/11, why have we won smashing battlefield victories only to botch nearly everything that comes next? In the opening phases of war in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, we mopped the floor with our enemies. But in short order, things went horribly wrong. We soon discovered we had no coherent plan to manage the "day after". The ensuing debacles had truly staggering consequences - many thousands of lives lost, trillions of dollars squandered, and the apparent discrediting of our foreign policy establishment.

First published in 1961, John Hope Franklin’s revelatory study of the Reconstruction Era is a landmark work of history, exploring the role of former slaves and dispelling longstanding popular myths about corruption and Radical rule. Looking past dubious scholarship that had previously dominated the narrative, Franklin combines astute insight and careful research to provide an accurate, comprehensive portrait of the era.

After the death of her son, Eric Garner, at the hands of New York City police officers on Staten Island went viral, Gwen Carr's life changed forever. The illegal choke hold that took Garner's life has been seared into the public consciousness forever as the large Black man struggled to breathe while a White policeman held him down on a hot concrete sidewalk. His death set the tone for a new normal where young Black men and women now automatically document police interactions with their cell phones for fear of brutality and even death.

Why would the normally buttoned-down national security state imagine lurid future scenarios like a zombie apocalypse? In Training for Catastrophe, author Lindsay Thomas shows how our security regime reimagines plausibility to focus on unlikely and even unreal events rather than probable ones. With an in-depth focus on preparedness (a pivotal, emergent national security paradigm since 9/11) she explores how fiction shapes national security.