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The Author’s Corner with Gregg L. Michel

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 17, 2025

Gregg L. Michel is Professor of History and Assistant Department Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This interview is based on his new book, Spying on Students: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s […]

Walzer: “Oppressed people can do no wrong” is an “old, bad argument”

John Fea   |  November 7, 2023

Veteran political theorist Michael Walzer has a word or two for his fellow leftists. Here is a taste of his piece at The Atlantic: After the Hamas attack on Israel October 7, an old, bad argument resurfaced. In the streets of […]

Michael Kazin: American leftists should support Ukraine

John Fea   |  March 8, 2023

The Georgetown historian weighs-in at Dissent. Here is a taste of his piece, “Reject the Left-Right Alliance Against Ukraine“: At critical times, foreign wars have tested the moral convictions of American leftists and affected the fate of their movement for […]