Category: Memorials
Noel Ignatiev devoted his entire political career to uniting the oppressed across the racial, religious and ethnic lines that divide us
Adam Sweeting: DA Pennebaker obituaryMaker of idiosyncratic documentary films including Dont Look Back, about Bob Dylan’s 1965 UK tour
She will forever be that Marta who always wanted to listen and learn from others, who always had an encouraging word to say, who believed everyone had something to contribute, and whose profound and unwavering belief in humanity was not simply something she preached, but something she practiced every day of her life
Shea Howell: A Country Not Yet Born: Remembering VincentVincent always asked the hard questions, always reminded us that we had much to learn from the struggles of those who had gone before us, those ordinary people called to do extraordinary things
Christopher Zimmerly-Beck: Imagining a better world with Ursula K. Le GuinI already miss Ursula K. Le Guin. Let’s read her work, immerse ourselves in the worlds she created, and celebrate the lessons she has to teach
IPS Staff: A Tribute to Marcus Raskin, 1934-2017Institute for Policy Studies staff and friends are mourning the loss of Marcus G. Raskin, who co-founded the Institute in 1963 and remained a Distinguished Fellow of the organization until his death at age 83 on December 24. Raskin was an intellectual pillar of the movements for progressive social change for more than a half Read more…
Jeff Cohen: Edward S. Herman: Master of DissentOne of the greatest and sweetest media critics ever, Edward S. Herman, has passed away
Herman and Chomsky’s work was a great gift to a generation of thinkers trying to make sense of how power in the West sold itself to populations
El Che, Symbol of the Humanist and Socialist Struggle
Remembering Yazdi’s brave struggle for a pluralist, tolerant, and progressive future with normalized relations with neighbors and the world