RAGE!, Retaliation, and Retribution: Recurring Themes in August Wilson’s Work

Following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many others, recent protest in Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, DC, LA, Portland and a host of other locations, both, stateside and abroad are being framed in the public discourse as everything from radical resistance to public madness and everything in between. From the Black Lives Matter movement activist to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advocates, one of the key components in, both, radical resistance strategies or public expressions of cultural madness, is a ground swelling of rage! But what is rage? How can we recognize it? Historically, what has been the consequences of Black rage? And in this unique, historical moment, what if anything can be done to leverage it? Mining August Wilson’s work for definitions, instances, and consequences of Black rage, this paper interrogates August Wilson’s narratives on rage as a way to talk about the historiography and commodifying of Black rage as a way of victimizing and disposing of Black bodies in America. In this way, we hope to offer suggestions in this historical moment on how to leverage Black rage, rather than to be snared by it.

Bohdan Dorotskyi – the Student Movement Activist and a Patron of Ukrainian Culture

The purpose of the article is to clarify and systematize the facts of the life of a graduate of Lviv Polytechnic, activist of the Ukrainian student movement, public figure Bohdan-Volodymyr Dorotsky (1909 – 1945). The research methodology is based on the principles of objectivity, historicism, using general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis and generalization, as well as comparative and biographical methods. The scientific novelty of the article is to make an attempt to study the biography of a graduate of Lviv Polytechnic, an active member of the Ukrainian student movement, public figure Bohdan Dorotsky against the tragic events of 30 – 40 years of the twentieth century on the basis of a critical analysis of sources and published materials. Materials from manuscript sources and periodicals revealing little-known facts from the life and work of Bohdan Dorotskiy have been introduced into the scientific circulation. Conclusions. Bohdan-Volodymyr Dorotskyi is a representative of the generation of Ukrainian figures who, in the absence of Ukrainian statehood in the 1930s and 1940s, focused their work on the development of the Ukrainian student movement and the support of culture. Both patriotic traditions of the family and studies in Ukrainian gymnasiums, participation in the Ukrainian scout movement, as well as persecution of the family by the Polish authorities had a significant influence on this area of his interests. While studying at Lviv Polytechnic, he actively worked in the governing bodies of student organizations: the student society "Osnova", the Union of Ukrainian student organizations in Poland, the Society of friends of education, the cooperative "Student Usurer". A special mission of Bohdan Dorotsky was his participation in the publication of the official magazine UUSOP - "Student Way", as well as books of young poets. Bohdan Dorotsky's active work attracted the attention of Polish, Soviet and German security agencies. He was arrested several times by the Polish authorities. Tragically died in 1945 having been killed by members of the Polish nationalist organization.

Campus Networks and Agitations

With ethnographic data, this chapter demonstrates the everyday life of a movement activist. It highlights how different spaces of the university contribute in changing students’ way of thinking and discusses how a student is inducted, trained, and made part of the movement bandwagon. The university has been evolving over the past five decades of struggle of inside and outside the campus through its students’ activism. This chapter focuses on the inside mechanism of this activism and demonstrates what motives a student to choose the path of activism and how their networks are rooted around Telangana cultural ethos.

Belarusian organizations of revolutionary Russia: the memoir of Y. S. Kantcher

The article is dedicated to the memoir of the Belarusian movement activist Kantcher. He participated in political life of Belarus in 1917 and described it thoroughly in his work. We’ll dwell upon his testimonial of the left Belarusian organizations in Russia.

Spain’s Colau will shape Catalonian left’s realignment

Subject A profile of Barcelona’s mayor Ada Colau. Significance Former social movement activist Ada Colau has been Barcelona’s mayor since June 2014. She is the most influential of several radical municipal leaders in Spain engaged in new approaches to the conduct of local politics that are aimed at achieving social and cultural change. Her party, Barcelona in Common (BComu), is in the process of establishing a new left-wing party throughout Catalonia, with the aim of winning the next regional election. Impacts Despite BComu’s radical programme, its coalition with the PSC is likely to remain stable. Colau’s European profile is set to grow thanks to her involvement with the pan-European Democracy in Europe Movement 2025. BComu is likely to push for the introduction of direct mayoral elections in Barcelona, which would benefit Colau.

Art as Activism

Popular theater has significant, although largely overlooked, potential as a tool for unions to raise members’ political consciousness and strengthen their relationship to the union movement. Activist theater validates workers’ own knowledge, builds workers’ solidarity and self-confidence, and fosters an activist culture. It can also raise gender consciousness within unions. It has particular value for unions attempting to organize precarious workplaces such as call centers, where workers are especially vulnerable and often unfamiliar with unions and union culture. The experience of one group of workers demonstrates how popular theater can be integrated into the labor movement’s repertoire of strategies for building solidarity and revitalizing unions.