While writing my Master's thesis, i was lured by that delightful word: Community. It's like a party in the brain. It beckons alluringly from the recesses, teasing with all the delightful nuances that only such a delicious word can. My chairs (bless them), smiled knowingly and...

It would be a shame to shake our heads and assume that there is nothing left to learn from the early philosophers of Marxian theory. It is rather odd that they are rarely mentioned in books dealing with social movement theory – whether they are...

I've been thinking long and hard about the exclusionary nature of social movements. A friend of mine recently worked with a group that helped to create a Free Farmer’s Market in San Francisco. I was so proud of him and everything he had accomplished,...

Aristide returned to Haiti today. I made the mistake of clicking on the first article that popped up. The LA Times managed to publish a poorly written article that somehow  lack any actual analysis of any of the history or implication of his return beyond...