Paying for Our Own Oppression
At tax time, reflections on a Chilean duo that also resisted a dictatorship.
First Star for TORCH!
The news is official! Torch has received its very first review...and it's a Kirkus star! Calling the novel "Equally terrifying and captivating," the Kirkus reviewer writes: Readers will be on…
A Graphic Novel for the Armchair Traveler
A review of a graphic novel/memoir about a South Korean university student's introduction to resistance against her country's dictatorship in 1983.
Innovative Indie
Review and discussion of a World War II historical novel that shows the high quality of writing and unique subject matter available in self-published books.
Liu Xiaobo, the Poet Who Would Not Be Quiet
A tribute to Chinese poet, critic, and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died last week while serving an 11-year prison sentence for speaking out for freedom.
Publishing and Resistance
Remembering how YA literature changed after the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and why we may still have weighty books about diversity and #resistance today.
Teens Resist: Historical and International Perspectives
Twelve books for preteen and teen readers that portray young people as political activists in the U.S. and throughout the world in the 20th century.
Films for the Resistance: Burning Bush
How Burning Bush, a film set in Communist Czechoslovakia in 1969, is relevant to our lives today.
How Artists Resist: A Report on the Panel, “Film and Media in a Time of Repression”
Advice from filmmakers, writers, and critics on resisting repression, building bridges with others, and moral and creative survival.