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Jeffrey C. Isaac

Understanding the Difference Between Anti-Semitism and Pro-Palestinian Activism

Taken in Hyde Park at one of London's largest protests in many years as tens of thousands walked along Piccadilly and then across Hype Park towards the Israeli Embassy in Kensington. Demonstrators were angry over Israel's illegal occupation, forced evictions, the Gaza blockade, the devastating air strikes including attacks on tower blocks and the international media and the country's continued defiance of international law. Date: 15 May 2021. Photo by: Alisdare Hickson via WikiCommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jews_for_a_free_Palestine.jpg

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

November 8, 2023

25 mins read

Reflections on the War between Israel and Hamas

Hamas rockets blast into the southern Gaza Strip. Image credit: Anas-Mohammed / Shutterstock

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

October 17, 2023

8 mins read

Why Liz Cheney Matters and Her Defeat Matters Too

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

August 18, 2022

7 mins read

The Supreme Court’s Attack on Reproductive Freedom is an Attack on Liberal Democracy

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

June 29, 2022

10 mins read

The Important Evidence from the January 6 Hearings Must Be Better Communicated If Constitutional Democracy Is to Be Saved

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

June 16, 2022

13 mins read

Staring Into the Abyss

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

April 25, 2022

27 mins read

Putin’s War on Ukraine Is a War on Academic Freedom and an Occasion for Solidarity in its Defense

Rally in solidarity with Ukraine, Time Square, New York, March 5th, 2022. Photo by Emmanuel Guerisoli.

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

March 24, 2022

10 mins read

Further Thoughts on Ukrainian Heroism and its Tragic Limits

Rally in solidarity with Ukraine, Time Square, New York, March 5th, 2022

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

March 14, 2022

17 mins read

Why We in the U.S. Should Care About Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

March 3, 2022

19 mins read

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, The Hero We Now Need

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

February 27, 2022

8 mins read

Putin’s Attack on Ukrainian Freedom Must Be Opposed

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

February 24, 2022

4 mins read

Academic Freedom Under Pressure

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

December 7, 2021

14 mins read

An Open Letter in Defense of Democracy

By Todd Gitlin, Jeffrey C. Isaac, William Kristol

October 27, 2021

4 mins read

Hearing George W. Bush in 2021

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

September 22, 2021

11 mins read

Does the Biden Administration Represent a New Beginning for American Democracy?

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

August 2, 2021

17 mins read

Symposium Introduction

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

July 18, 2021

10 mins read

Thinking About The Crisis of Liberal Democracy Through a Polish Lens

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

July 18, 2021

1 min read

Republican Attacks on Voting Rights Are Racist and Hostile to Democracy

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

July 7, 2021

11 mins read

Putting Liberal Democracy First Has Never Been More Important

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

May 5, 2021

8 mins read

Citizens Defending Democracy Are Being Shot on the Streets of Myanmar.

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

March 29, 2021

3 mins read

Can The Republican Party Successfully Orbanify the U.S.?

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

March 23, 2021

21 mins read

Confronting the World Wide Threat of Right Wing Authoritarianism

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

February 3, 2021

8 mins read

Now Is Not the Time to Polemicize Against A Broad Anti-Trump Coalition

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

August 21, 2020

13 mins read

Is Some Version of Our Future Now Playing Out on the Streets of Minsk?

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

August 17, 2020

5 mins read

Securing the November U.S. Election

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

July 21, 2020

20 mins read

Rebirth of a Nation?

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

July 20, 2020

9 mins read

This is Not a Temporary Crisis

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac,

July 11, 2020

15 mins read

Further Thoughts on Antifa

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

August 26, 2019

18 mins read

Antifa Is Not a Terrorist Organization

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

August 20, 2019

33 mins read

Thoughts on Donald Trump, George Wallace, Frederick Douglass, and the Meaning of the Fourth of July

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By Jeffrey C. Isaac

July 4, 2019

11 mins read

Neither Debs Nor Brandeis, Or Why it is a Mistake Now to Exaggerate Differences on the Left

By Jeffrey C. Isaac

March 18, 2019

12 mins read

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