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"Rituals of Disappearance" by Roddy Brett (Keywords: Disappeared Bodies; Genocide; State Terrorism; Erasure; Rituals)
Roddy Brett explores the haunting legacy of enforced disappearance as a tool of political violence, particularly in Latin America. He examines the psychological and societal impacts on the families of the disappeared, delving into their daily rituals of hope and despair. By analyzing the intersection of state terror, genocide, and the denial of bodies, he calls for a deeper understanding of the human dimensions of disappearance and a more critical engagement with this crime a
Roddy Brett
7 min read


"Towards an Art of Punishment” By Benjamin George Coles (Keywords: Education; Justice; Rehabilitation; Suffering)
Benjamin George Coles argues that artistic means should often be incorporated into punishments – and indeed that we would benefit generally from thinking of punishment in more aesthetic terms. He first identifies the various objectives that we standardly have with punishment and argues for the primacy of an educational one. He then describes a series of real-life educational punishments and closes with a discussion of why the notion of punishment art is such a strange one.
Benjamin George Coles
20 min read


"Derrick Bell and Racial Realism": A conversation with Timothy Golden (Keywords: Critical Race Theory; Justice; Despair; Progress; Obama; Mass Incarceration)
"Black Americans are painfully reminded that racism has worsened since Obama’s presidency, not improved."
Timothy Golden
11 min read


"Toxicity": An Essay by Simone M. Müller (Keywords: Planet; Anthropocene; Injustice; Inequality)
"In the age of the toxic commons, not one of us, not even the environmentally privileged ones like me, remains unaffected by toxicants."
Simone M. Müller
8 min read
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