Though we are well past the era of European transitions from communist rule, post-communist states and societies continue to react to the experience of rupture. In politics, these influences persist in the populist revolts against neoliberalism and globalization, or the manipulation of collective memory and myth-making of the communist era.
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Read More >Not Yo’ Butterfly is the intimate and unflinching life story of Nobuko Miyamoto—artist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing early years of her life as a Japanese American child navigating a fearful …
Read More >By Sahar Aziz, author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom On his first day in office, President Biden repealed the “Muslim Ban,” an executive order issued by Trump on …
Read More >By Dan A. Farber, author of Contested Ground: How to Understand the Limits of Presidential Power Almost ninety years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling known as the “Sick …
Read More >By Alison Peck, author of The Accidental History of the U.S. Immigration Courts: War, Fear, and the Roots of Dysfunction In 2018, as Attorney General Sessions handed down one decision after another …
Read More >We’re marking the 2021 virtual conference of the Latin American Studies Association by offering a selection of free content from UC Press journals. Current History, the oldest publication devoted exclusively to international …
Read More >Updated May 26, 2021 This week for #LASA2021, we’re proud to be celebrating the accomplishments of Jessica Graham, author of Shifting the Meaning of Democracy: Race, Politics, and Culture in the United …
Read More >by Gema Kloppe-Santamaría, author of In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching, Extralegal Justice, and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico In November of 2004, three federal police officers were lynched in the neighborhood …
Read More >For Malcolm X Day, UC Press is featuring an excerpt from The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union by Stephen Tuck. Less than three months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X …
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