The long weekend of April 19-22 in Washington, DC represents an historic opportunity for progressive social change movements. The anti-capitalist globalization movement,…
There are all sorts of rationalizations people will offer for not envisioning a better future. “It’s utopian,” some will say. “You’re dreaming.…
There’s something cutting edge about the 9 warriors that make up the fellowship in Lord of the Rings. They’re not one-dimensional macho…
Movement Building Is the Only Match for the Emergency at Hand By Cynthia Peters It’s inevitable. At the end of every lecture…
Today a Village Voice reporter called to interview me for a story he is writing. His assignment? To do a post-mortem on…
Today a Village Voice reporter called to interview me for a story he is writing. His assignment? To do a post-mortem on…
Cynthia Peters (This is a slightly corrected version of the article published in the 12/01 issue of Z.) Cynthia Enloe, feminist scholar…
In my previous commentary, I used Cynthia Enloe’s question, “Where are the women?” to explore how gender politics are being used to…
Cynthia Enloe, feminist scholar and author of several books and articles about women and the military, suggests that when a country mobilizes…
Peters In a previous commentary I wrote in response to the gay and lesbian rights movement’s pursuit of legal marriage: Be careful…
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