revolution

Timothy Snyder on How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Took America By Surprise

What Freedom Means in Moments of Economic and Political Transformation

 
By Timothy Snyder  September 17, 2024
Cundill History Prize

A Quiet Giant: How Indonesia Paved the Way for Liberation Struggles Worldwide

By David Van Reybrouck  September 17, 2024
Revolutionaries

The Byronic Revolution of Che Guevara

By Ed Simon  April 19, 2024
Geopolitics

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

By Adam E. Casey  April 15, 2024
Postcolonialism

The Revolutionary Stranger: How Frantz Fanon Put Theory Into Practice

By Adam Shatz  January 25, 2024
Resistance

Fire, Earth, Spring: Unity and Resistance in the Lands of SWANA

By Sahar Delijani  January 23, 2024
Baillie Gifford Prize

1848: Europe’s Year of Revolt and Revolution

By Christopher Clark  November 15, 2023
Protest

“No Veils, No Oppression!” Watching From a Distance As Women Fight for Freedom in Iran

By Sahar Delijani  January 27, 2023
New Books Network

Gautam Bhatia on Exploring the Human Desire to Know More

By New Books Network  August 13, 2021
Art and Politics

On the Language of Revolution Ten Years After the Arab Spring

By Layla AlAmmar  March 16, 2021
Syrian War

Discovering The Power of Books During the Syrian Revolution

By Delphine Minoui  December 3, 2020
Disasters

Losing Beirut: On Life in a Shattered City

By Rima Rantisi  August 11, 2020
Food

What I Learned Speaking to Fidel Castro’s Personal Chef

By Witold Szabłowski  April 28, 2020
Life in a Pandemic

Letter From Beirut: From Revolution to Pandemic

By Lina Mounzer  April 14, 2020
In Conversation

James Baldwin: ‘I Can’t Accept Western Values Because They Don’t Accept Me’

By Robert Penn Warren  April 4, 2019
Conversations

On the Politics and Pressures of Chronicling a 50-Year-Old Murder

By Sarah Weinman  February 26, 2019
Conversations

Dag Solstad on the Accidental Politics of Novel Writing

By Literary Hub  August 7, 2018
Politics

What is Happening in Nicaragua Right Now?

By Sergio Ramirez  August 3, 2018
Excerpts

How Wagner Tried to Revolutionize Art and End Capitalism

By Simon Callow  February 7, 2018
Profile

Naomi Alderman Taps Into the Deeper Powers of Women

By Daneet Steffens  October 10, 2017
Deep Dive

Lu Xun: What is Revolutionary Literature?

By Lu Xun  September 25, 2017
Deep Dive

Never-Before-Published Hannah Arendt on What Freedom and Revolution Really Mean

By Hannah Arendt  June 27, 2017
Deep Dive

Poetry Needs a Revolution That Goes Beyond Style

By Charles Bernstein and Tracie Morris  February 17, 2017
Personal Essay

Two Generations of Syrian Resistance: What Bravery Looks Like

By Emily Robbins  January 30, 2017
Speech

Watch Angela Davis Speak on Revolution and Violence from Prison

By Emily Temple  January 26, 2017
Excerpts

Nietzsche on His Balcony

By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 9, 2016
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