Devondb
Devon DB is 28 years old and has a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. In addition to the blog What About Peace, he is the Politics and Government Chair at The Hampton Institute and heads the Institute's podcast A Different Lens.
He was a staff member at The Progressive Playbook, been published and cross-posted on sites such as Global Research, Foreign Policy Journal, 4th Media and Global Policy Forum, has been on the radio show Speaking Truth To Empire, hosted by Dan Yassen on KFCF 88.1, and been published in a special issue of a the academic journal QED: A Journal in GLBTQ World Making.
His writings concern political happenings in the US and around the world, with analysis that aims for a critical, in-depth examination of events with the purpose of looking past headlines and going into detail to give a greater context and analysis of what is going on in the world.
For comments, questions, and inquiries, Devon DB can be contacted at [email protected].
MY BLOGS
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What About Peace?
http://whataboutpeace.blogspot.com/
The writings concern political happenings in the US and around the world, with analysis that aims for a critical, in-depth examination of events with the purpose of looking past headlines and going into detail to give a greater context and analysis of what is going on in the world.
For comments, questions, and inquiries, Devon DB can be contacted at [email protected].
LATEST ARTICLES ( 173 )
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Marxism, Psychiatry, and Capitalism
Marxism, Psychiatry, and CapitalismThis is the transcript of a recent email interview I did with Dr. Bruce M. Z. Cohen, senior lecturer at the University of... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Anarchism, Paganism, and Resistance
By Brenan Daniels Below is a recent interview I had with Rhyd, the editor of the website Gods Radicals, where we discuss the origins of the organization,... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Chasm
: State Socialists and AnarchistsBy Brenan DanielsBelow is an interview I had with both Tom Wetzel and two members of the Facebook page Anarchist Memes... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Question of Hierarchy
By Brenan DanielsThis is a recent email interview I did with Hampton Institute founder and Social Economics Dept. Chair, Colin Jenkins on the nature and problem... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Horrors of the Fantasyland
By Brenan DanielsWe are living in a deeply society steeped in fantasy, to the point where it is in many ways a nightmare, but worse as the horrors are real. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Striking While The Iron Is Hot: Trump and the Anifa Resistance
By Brenan DanielsThis is a recent interview I did with JA, an admin of the Facebook page Anarchist Memes where we discuss Trump, his ascendancy to the... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Working Class, The Election and Trump
The Working Class, The Election, and Trump: An Interview with Sean PoseyGiven the talk of the role of the white working class in the recent election I decided t... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Lies and Legacy: A Conversation on Fidel Castro
By Brenan DanielsA major update: Due to personal reasons, I will have to step away from What About Peace for a while. However, I am turning my blog over to a... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
On Queer Anarchism
The following is an interview I had with Gywnevere, an administrator of the Facebook page Pink and Black anarchists, where we discuss her interest in... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Violence, Counter-Violence, and the Question of the Gun
By Devon Douglas-Bowers and Colin JenkinsIn June 2016, the Democrats had a sit-in on the House floor to push for gun legislation that had been blocked. Read more
Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Questioning The Turkish Coup
As readers may know, I generally do not delve into the ideas of false flags and whatnot. It isn’t that I don’t think that false flags don’t exist, it’s just tha... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Fear (Poem)
So, I went to bury my brother todayBut he wasn't your brotherAnd you weren't at the funeralYou sayThat may be true, but he might as well have beenSeeing as how... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Orlando: Deeper Than Terrorism
Source: ABC NewsOrlando: Deeper Than Terrorism The recent shootings in Orlando are, without a doubt, a terrorist attack. However, it is not the terrorism that s... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pain and Expression
Source: Open Eyes Open MindPain and Expression: An Interview with Panic Volkuskha Below is the transcript of an email interview with artist Panic Volkuskha,... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
War and Propaganda
Below is a transcript of a recent email interview I had with Animethinktank about their article entitled “Molly Crabapple, Vice Buzzfeed Exposed a Syrian War... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
U r Ok
Below is the transcript of an email interview I had with Project UROK founder Jenny Jaffe, where we discuss the history of the project as well as the... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Challenging The Prison: An Interview with the Free Alabama Movement
This is a transcript of a recent email interview I did with Ausur of the Free Alabama Movement where we discuss the Movement’s history and how people can suppor... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Repression, Uprisings, and Rebellion (Part 1)
I originally published this article on AHTribune.com.Repression, Uprisings, and RebellionPart 1: SlaveryThis series examining the history of black people in... Read more
Posted on 28 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Falsehoods and Shattered Dreams: The Dark Side of For-Profit Colleges
For-profit colleges are a phenomenon that have grown over time and make up the “fastest growing segment of higher education.”[1] While it may seem like a... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
One Bank to Rule Them All: The Bank for International Settlements
Please note that this article is being published as a three-part series on Occupy.com.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an organization that is... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY