Dr. Lenore J. Daniels, PhD

The current issue is always free to everyone Near the end of Shakespeare in Love, life seems dismal. In a film about the creation and the debut of Romeo and Juliet, the young Shakespeare finds himself on opening night without a Romeo and, after the performance begins, he realizes he is without a Juliet! Shakespeare…

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communist and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade…

The current issue is always free to all readers According to Human Rights Watch, “the percentage of the prison population that is Black is more than six times greater than the percentage of the State of Wisconsin’s population that is Black.” Here in Wisconsin, a predominantly white state, Milwaukee’s Black incarceration rate leads the nation.…

Cindy Sheehan’s “An Open Letter to the Democratic Congress,” May 28, 2007, and her letter of resignation from the anti-war campaign, “Good Riddance Attention Whore,” May 28, 2007 are powerful documents in the tradition of resistance. On the one hand, these letters reveal her personal commitment to the struggle for justice and peace. She is,…

I think people believe I am lucky to live in Madison, Wisconsin. After all, it is the home of a “progressive” movement that is the mother of all progressive movements, they tell me. But somehow I am not encouraged by this movement here. I have had to re-examine the definition of a progressive. I have…

The current issue is always free to all readers Make no mistake. The subject of this article is political. It is about an institution and its “industrial complex” – books of prose and poetry, history and discourse. In this institution, chains are invisible and screams, sometimes, are muffled – sometimes. The visibility of one dominant…

There are new pirates today, sporting new weaponry. They manipulate language to justify, legitimize, and control all the treasure they have pillaged. Once considered unlawful, greedy stateless pillagers, they have now become distinguished “gentlemen” and “gentlewomen” and their vested interest in controlling people and resources has made them acceptable partners (in crime?) with statesmen and…

Organizing dissenting voices, linking up with other non-violent civil disobedience groups, feeding and educating young Black children in poverty-stricken communities – and yes, accepting American citizenship by acknowledging the Second Amendment to keep and bare arms – all of this brought the wrath of the FBI’s COINTELPRO program against the activities of the Black Panthers.…