The phenomenon of public protest functions as a critical sociopolitical semiotic, translating the grievances of marginalized populations into a visible, actionable discourse. 🏛️📜

"The Language of the Unheard: How Protests Move the World." For those interested in political science, sociology, and the evolution of civil liberties, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
https://www.djoinerbooks.com/language-of-the-unheard-protests-move-world/

#Sociology #PoliticalScience #SocialMovements #CivilLiberties #PublicInterest #History

The sociological impact of public demonstration serves as a critical mechanism for highlighting systemic inequities and precipitating legislative reform. 🏛️📜

"The Language of the Unheard: How Protests Move the World." For those interested in political science, historical sociology, and the mechanics of democracy, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
🔗 https://www.djoinerbooks.com/language-of-the-unheard-protests-move-world/

#Sociology #DennisJoiner #PoliticalScience #SocialMovements #PublicInterest #HistoryBuff #CivicEngagement

More and more people are opting to replace the discomfort of real human interaction with frictionless conversations with AI.

That bodes ill for the prospect of progressive social change

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ai-critical-thinking-chatbots-subjectivity

#AI #SocialMovements #SocialChange #CriticalThinking #GenAI #ChatGPT #ChatBot #LLMs #TheAIMirror #FuckAI

“But the oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed themselves; mystification is one of the forms of oppression”

― Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity

#books #democracy #humanrights #organizing #antifascist #solidarity #ethics #ethicsofethics #nestedgovernance #politicaltheory

#socialmovements #criticalgovernance

📖 The book "After the Carnations" includes a chapter by Giulia Strippoli on the role of students both in the 25 April revolution and afterwards. The book was edited by Daniela F. Melo and Paul Christopher Manuel and published by Liverpool University Press.

👉 https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836245315

#Histodons #50Anos25Abril #25April1974 #SocialMovements #PortugueseHistory #Revolutions #25deAbril #MovimentosSociais #HistóriaDePortugal

Seen at #UniversityofToronto used and #vintage #books store.

#Worldmaking #socialmovements #change #historyofideas #quotidianpolitics #sociology #workandsociety #thirdspace

For liberatory systems change, one might want to check:

#structures, #culture, #materiality, #agency, #theunconscious, #time, #place, and many other things;

other world(s) and ways of being, seeing, relating, creating, working and producing that are not extractive but #just, liberatory and in #solidarity are possible

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@earthworm/116070401957237701

One of the most memorable quotes from the #ForoSocialMásAlláDelCrecimiento (that I had the pleasure to be part of this weekend and spam you, lol) by the awesome @yayoherrero

"I am now 60 years old and I will probably never see a just global ecosocial transition.

But it doesn't matter.

I've seen South African Apartheid fall. I have seen feminism make unthinkable progress. And much more.

I play my role, like those who came before me. And that's what's important.

We have to recognize all that we are here because of an enormous network of invisible collaborations, converted into an institution.

If anyone says, "I am a radical individualist and don't depend on anyone", tell them, "No. I don't believe you'.

Because it's not true.

#Degrowth #SocialMovements #Ecofeminism #Feminism #YayoHerrero #SocialForum #ForoSocial #Decrecimiento #BeyondGrowth #TransiciónEcosocial

- https://leftrenewal.org/interviews-en/makaremi-arian-a-new-age-of-protest-in-iran/

Source: https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/the-lrb-podcast/ec21add0-50c7-012f-0d15-525400c11844/on-politics-a-new-age-of-protest-in-iran/16dca299-7af4-4991-b362-db99d78e2194 (A New Age of Protest in Iran. Interview with Chowra Makaremi and Amir Ahmadi Arian – 28 January 2026)

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The protests that began in Iran last month have been suppressed with a level of state violence not seen since the 1980s, when the Islamic Republic executed thousands of leftists and other dissidents. In this episode, Adam Shatz talks to Chowra Makaremi and Amir Ahmadi Arian about the evolution of public dissent in Iran since 1979 and why the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement of 2022 opened the way to more overtly revolutionary protest.

They also discuss the economic collapse underpinning the most recent uprising and the ways in which the Iranian regime has refined the use of opacity and rumour to consolidate its power.

Chowra Makaremi is an anthropologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris and Amir Ahmadi Arian is a novelist and assistant professor at Binghamton University, New York.

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#AdamShatz #AmirAhmadiArian #ChowraMakaremi #History #Iran #IranianUprisingof2026 #SWANA #SocialMovements #StateRepression