Post-9/11 zombie terrorism
The public's palpable distress around the "War on Terror"—worsened by fearmongering from conservative talking heads and opportunist politicians—laid the groundwork for intensified cultural obsession with disaster preparedness, and the monster that emerged as the perfect symbol amid this fear and obsession was the pop culture zombie.
Black August honors Black political prisoners and freedom struggles throughout the diaspora. SCALAWAG invites you to recommit yourself to liberation movements and movement media.
Southern politics
Abolition As the Only Reproductive Justice: A Conversation with Zoe Bambara
Our anchoring question is this: Can you be an accomplice to Reproductive Justice while wielding the power to incarcerate, separate families, and deny medical care—as long as you agree to look the other way on one specific charge?
Arts & Soul
Kindred
We are kin, not by crime or country, but by the fierce, shared knowing that we were always more than where they tried to put us.
Race & Place
Global Policing in the Global City: GILEE, Olympification, and expanding the post-9/11 anti-terror apparatus
A national moment of hysteria around terrorism, new laws and technology expanding the government's ability to surveil citizens, and an upsurge in retaliatory hate, repression, and ostracization of Arab and Muslim communities helped catapult police exchanges with Israel.
Essays & Letters
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow
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