It should have been clear something bad was gonna happen: something surging out of the ancient repository where the facts from the Bible were kept.

Fiction Mummies Kentucky John Calipari

In this Open Letter, Morgan Giles responds to the UK Labour Party’s recent decision to suspend its former leader Jeremy Corbyn.

International Letters to the Editor UK Corbyn Labour Party

In this 2013 talk, Marxist fantasy author China Miéville outlines his case for a socialist defense of Halloween and Gothic fiction. In contrast to socialist literature's historically troubled relationship with ghosts and other fantastic beings, Mr. Miéville calls on socialists to develop a Gothic Marxism in solidarity with all those who have been made monstrous.

Theory

Franz Fanon (1925-1962) was a well-known psychiatrist and philosopher. In “The Wretched of the Earth”, he argues for decolonization, presenting us with a moral imperative to invent and carry out a new direction for humanity.

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Things and people are generally defined by their contradictions. This is especially true of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Indeed, one of the contradictions is right in the title. Ghosts are generally scary. Casper is a ghost who is friendly. Our goal is to illuminate the dialectics of Casper, and determine what the primary contradiction driving his personal growth is.

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As the election nears, we remain unequivocal: a second Trump term would be catastrophic for our class. Let's look at the bigger picture.

Elections

In April 2014, the U.S. military issued protocols for the control of civil disturbances and crowd control. According to these protocols, anyone who objects to the current state of social, political and economic life in the U.S. is a legitimate target.

Police Uprising

A ubiquitous figure in Lexington activism, Farr is a trusted and beloved member of the Lexington community. Because of his working class background, he knows firsthand the importance of ensuring that all students have equal access to opportunity regardless of their background.

Lexington Elections