Gun rites: hegemonic masculinity and neoliberal ideology in rural Kansas

Appeal from a Judgment Granting Defendant\u27s Motion for Expungement and Denying Appellant\u27s Motion for a Stay of Expungement in the District Court of the First Judicial District, in and for Box Elder County, State of Utah, The Honorable Venoy Christofferson, Judge, Presidin

Contra plantation, prison, and capitalist annihilation: collective struggle, social reproduction, and the co-creation of lifegiving worlds

This article demonstrates that the quotidian domain of social reproduction is fertile ground, and a crucial political terrain upon which to struggle, for revolutionary change. I propose that the Zapatistas are inspiration par excellence of decolonization, democracy, and a social movement that is co-creating the emancipatory politics, gender just social relations, and lifegiving culture its members desire. Additionally, I illustrate how anti-capitalist resistance, autonomy, mutual aid, and Indigenous worldviews can galvanize pluralistic critical mass, empower communities, animate pathways out of structural violence, transform worlds, and, ultimately, imbue the everyday realities in which people live and work with meaning and purpose

Race, Food, and Borders: Situating Migrant Struggle in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Over the past century, the Okanagan Valley's social, economic, and physical landscape has been largely shaped by the region's agricultural industry. Within this landscape migrant farmworkers have an essential role, yet are rendered invisible and remain marginalized. This commentary explores migrants' struggle by looking at the intersections of colonialism, race, borders, and the local food economy. We begin with a historical examination of the racialized nature of the region's agricultural labor force, and also provide an overview of the local food economy. Following this, we outline Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) and discuss how the SAWP places migrant laborers in positions of precarity, often resulting in worker isolation and superexploitation. We then turn to the social conditions migrant workers encounter upon arriving in the Okanagan Valley by describing the institutional discrimination they face, as well as the everyday prejudices and aggressions they endure due to their status of being labeled both "foreign" and "temporary." Next we provide a brief explanation of settler colonialism, the imposition of borders, and the common struggles shared by migrant workers and Aboriginal people. Finally, we offer some recommendations for change that would ameliorate some of the challenges migrant workers experience upon arriving in the Okanagan