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A queer Black feminist debunks the myth of rainbow solidarity, repositioning Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ people at the forefront of queer pasts, presents, and futures Your favorite Black queer studies professor Kaila Adia Story says the rainbow ain’t never been enough in this introduction to the...

Liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions—most notably, a noble but abstract commitment to freedom, justice, and equality that, tragically, has seldom been realized in practice. While these contradictions have caused dissent and even violence, there was always an underlying and evolving solidarity drawn from the cultural resources of America’s “hybrid Enlightenment”. James Davison Hunter, who introduced the concept of “culture wars” 30 years ago, tells us in this new book that those historic sources of national solidarity have now largely dissolved.

The Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast is a snapshot of Irish engagement with global cultural, political and social issues over the past 50 years, based on the pop-up event in Dublin in 2020. This podcast series explores a number of the 100 objects featured in the exhibition through the stories from the people involved in bringing them about.Produced by human rights and development education hub developmenteducation.ieExplore the exhibition online at https://developmenteducation.ie/100objectsdevelopmenteducation.ie is coordinated by Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, the Irish Development...

European Network Remembrance and Solidarity is an international undertaking which aims to research, document and disseminate knowledge about 20th century European history and ways of commemorating it, with a particular focus on the period of dictatorships, wars and social resistance to enslavement. The members of the Network are: Poland, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania, with representatives from Albania, Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Georgia also sitting on its advisory board. Europejska Sieć Pamięć i Solidarność jest międzynarodowym ...

Injured Workers vs Multinational is the podcast chronicle of a group of South American autoworkers who decided to take on General Motors when they were fired after developing disabling injuries at work. Told as part radio play and part social justice suspense thriller, this non-fiction narrative weaves heartwarming moments, humorous travails, and creative nonviolent resistance into the high stakes reality of being an organizer in Colombia-- death threats and all. Will their scrappy determination and grassroots support from international allies be enough? Tune in to find out!