This post is part of a series on the possible impacts of Trump’s election on a variety of social justice issues. Click here to read more. • • • by Ray Michalowski* As the great Yankee’s baseball catcher and American philosopher Yogi Berra once … Continue reading
by Rebecca Gordon* The 2016 presidential campaign has put torture back on the American agenda. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are campaigning on promises to bring it back, and even Marco Rubio hinted in that direction. (Of course torture never … Continue reading
• TBT 4/21/2016 Saskia Sassen, Beyond Sovereignty: Immigration Policy Making Today (SJ 23-3, pp. 9–20) • TBT 3/3/2016 Rita Maran, Detention and Torture in Guantanamo (SJ 33-4, pp. 151–81) • TBT 2/18/2016 Sara … Continue reading
by John Raines* On March 8, 1971, a group calling itself the “Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI” broke into the FBI agency in Media, Pennsylvania, and removed all the files. I was part of that group. We sorted the … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
1999: Issues 75-78 (Vol. 26) Vol. 26: 1 Human Rights, Gender Politics, and Postmodern Discourses Vol. 26: 2 25th Anniversary Commemoration Issue Vol. 26: 3 Beyond National: Identities, Social Problems, and Movements Vol. 26: 4 Shadows of State Terrorism: Impunity … Continue reading
In light of recent controversies among progressives and radicals concerning Prop. 62, which would abolish the death penalty in California and replace it with life without parole, we are hosting two pieces that look at the hard issues surrounding the … Continue reading
Editorial Board >>> Founded in 1974, Social Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed educational journal that seeks to inform theory and praxis on issues of equality and justice. Its early focus on issues of crime, police repression, social control, and the … Continue reading
by Oscar Fabian Soto This blog piece is extracted from a longer article, “On the Outs: Global Capitalism and Transcarceration”, published in Vol. 48-1 of Social Justice. On a cold April night back in 2008, I was arrested and charged with two … Continue reading
by Gregory Shank Seth Rosenfeld’s case documenting Richard Aoki’s role as an FBI informant understandably provoked a strong reaction from those who knew him or had extensively researched his life. In his 70 years, Aoki had developed deep networks among … Continue reading