In the month of June LARB ran a number of articles on social protest in the realm of art and civil unrest in the streets. The pieces below highlight the fact that activism can take myriad forms and lead in myriad directions. — LARB Editorial
The Monthly Digest: July 2017
“This Tale Is About You!”: On Bini Adamczak’s “Communism for Kids”
Ross Wolfe advocates “Communism for Kids” by Bini Adamczak.
Another One Rides the Bus: Systems of Mass Transit as Vehicles of Protest
Julia Thomas on the bus as a site of protest through the ages.
The New Normal: On Dissidence, Apology, and Transcendence in Contemporary Chinese Art
Henry Zhang on “The New Normal: China, Art, and 2017,” at Beijing's Ullens Center of Contemporary Art (UCCA).
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Language Warrior
Rosemary McClure talks to legendary Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o about his short story, “The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright.”
The Blathering Superego at the End of History
Emmett Rensin offers a psychoanalysis of managerial liberalism as superego and asks: What happens when the id of liberalism can't be controlled?
Getting Europe’s Right Wrong
Is Europe entering a phase of new fascism? Not so fast, says our reviewer, as 1930s comparisons fail on many levels.
Mad Russia Hurt Me into Poetry: An Interview with Maria Stepanova
Cynthia Haven talks to Russian poet, journalist, and political activist Maria Stepanova.
Simulation Liberation Army
Alternative histories of the Patty Hearst kidnapping add to an already complicated narrative, writes our reviewer.
Marianne, Under Siege
Lauren Sarazen considers “Terror in France” by Gilles Kepel.
Nothing Will Go Back: An Interview with Dr. Andrea Pető of Central European University
Stephanie Newman interviews Dr. Andrea Pető, a professor of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest.
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