Stuart Hall, 1932–2014

Dawoud Bey, Stuart Hall, 1998 (source: thenewartexchange.org.uk) We regret to announce the passing of Stuart Hall, a member of our Editorial Advisory Board since 1983. He was a leading figure of the British Left and a visionary race theorist, making profound contributions to the field of cultural studies at the Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham […]

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Educators

We are proud to offer custom readers for classroom use. Here’s how it works: If you are an educator, please browse our archive (or use the “search” box at the bottom of this page) to find articles to use as class materials. Since 1974 our journal has hosted innovative conversations among leading and emerging critical scholars on […]

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The Possible Futures of the US under Trump (ebook)

Critical scholars, experts, and activists reflect on the possible impacts of Trump’s election on a variety of social justice issues. • • • FREE DOWNLOAD Download: PDF (interactive) Download: EPUB Download: MOBI (for Kindle) We are offering this volume as a free download in hopes that you (educators, activists, critical scholars, and readers) will find it useful in […]

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Gregory Shank, ed. This issue of Social Justice examines the historical roots of recent forms of domestic spying and the fear campaigns that justify such programs–as well as the wars on crime, drugs, and terror. Authors look at how globalization affects policing practices in the United States, including the policing of protest and of inner-city youth, with […]

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SJ Archives, 2015–

• 2020: Issues 158–161 (Vol. 47) Vol. 47-3/4 A Critical Theory of Police Power in the Twenty-First Century edited by Mark Neocleous and the Anti-security Collective This special issue advances a critical theory of police power focusing on the inextricable link between the violence of police, the organization of the state, and the reproduction of capital. Contributors: Mark […]

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Police Abolition or Police Surveillance: The Looming Choice

by Micol Seigel* Speaker after speaker at the Republican National Convention last month railed against democrats’ supposed plans to defund the police.  The major spotlight on these denunciations reflects how visible this once-fringe proposal has become.  It also highlights the political position defunding occupies today:  far, far beyond the pale for conservatives and “centrist” voters.  […]

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NAFTA on Trial

by Peter Baird* Editor’s note: As a complement to the following blog, see the in-depth analysis of neoliberal economic change and authoritarianism in Mexico by Job Hernández Rodríguez in “Latin America Revisited,” Vol. 40-4 of Social Justice. During September 1–5, 2014, I attended and presented at a forum of the Mexican Chapter of the Permanent People’s […]

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NSA and the False Alternative between Liberty and Safety

by Gene Grabiner* Critics have long been concerned about the potential for government abuse and overreach, as well as the desire of officials to conduct civic affairs beyond public scrutiny. As moral philosopher Jeremy Bentham cautioned, “secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.” Gore Vidal observed […]

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Time to Repeal Zero Tolerance in Schools

by Gilberto Arriaza* The arc of the school-to-prison pipeline begins in elementary school and moves through middle and high school. Youth then land in the juvenile legal system and, eventually, in the country’s vast prison system. According to current Assistant Secretary of Education D. Delisle, during the 2009–2010 school year over 3 million students were […]

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