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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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False Gods: The Truth About BRICS
This is a transcript of a recent email interview I did with independent journalist James Corbett, where we discuss BRICS, the view that many have of the... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Questioning The Left
Below is a transcript of an email interview I did with writers Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompsonwho co-authored the article “The Treason of... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Potential For A Libya 2.0?
An article in the New York Times was published recently discussing that the US and Turkey had agreed to create a ‘safe zone’ in Syria. Read more
Posted on 29 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The New Social Media
Image Courtesy of Russia TodayBelow is the transcript of an email interview I did with the founders of the new social media site Minds.com. 1. What is Minds? Ho... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Question of Benghazi
What occurred on September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya has been mired in controversy, political agendas, stories appearing and disappearing and rumors. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The College Bureaucracy
: How Education Forgot The Students And Became A BusinessThis article was originally published on Occupy.com. Students attend college to pursue their... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Damn The Debt: Lessons and Tactics from Debt Resistance Movements
This was originally published on Occupy.com.An active debt resistance movement is seizing hold across the United States. Currently, the debt strikers number ove... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Sexuality and Kink: Talking BDSM
Given that the movie 50 Shades of Grey has come out recently, a large amount of media attention has been devoted to not only the movie, but the discussion of... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Internal Struggle
: Battling Oppressive Tendencies in Radical SpacesThe following is the transcript of a recent email interview I had with several admins of the Anarchist Memes... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cash Cops: How Civil Forfeiture Enriched U.S. Law Enforcement
This was originally published on Occupy.com Civil forfeiture is a major issue that's recently gotten into the news, notably due to Attorney General Eric Holder'... Read more
Posted on 10 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Art and Self-Care
The following is the transcript of a recent email interview I had with Emm Roy, artist and creator of Positive Doodles about art and self-care. She can be... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Colonialism, Coups, and Conflict
Courtesy of Al JazeeraColonialism, Coups, and Conflict: The Violence in the Central African RepublicOriginally published as a two-part series on Occupy. Read more
Posted on 05 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
We Are the Insurgency: An Interview with Abolition
Below is a transcript of a recent interview I had with the members of the collective and open access academic journal Abolition: A Journal of Insurgent... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Unmasking The Black Bloc
Originally posted on Occupy.com"The Black Bloc always defend the demonstrations when the police come here.” - Ariane Santos, 26-year-old Brazilian student“The... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Rethinking Anarchism: An Interview with Agency
By Devon Douglas-BowersBelow is the transcript of a recent interview I did with Agency, a new website that looks to promote “contemporary anarchist... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Waking Up America
: An Interview with AmericaWakieWakieThe following is the transcript of a recent email interview I had with Frank, the founder and author of AmericaWakieWakie. Read more
Posted on 06 December 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
In Defense of Ferguson
Image Courtesy of BBC“I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard. And, what is it that America has failed to hear? Read more
Posted on 26 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Paying Up: The Problems with Payday Loans
Originally posted on Occupy.comDespite what the talking heads are saying, the economy isn’t doing so well. With this most recent jobs report, the two main... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Activism and Ableism: A Discussion with DPAC
Below is the transcript of a recent email interview I had with the organization Disabled People against Cuts (DPAC) discussing the history of the group, its... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Debtors' Prisons: The Shackles Return
Debtors’ Prisons: The Shackles ReturnOriginally posted on Occupy.comThe debtors’ prison is an old, decrepit institution that many thought was abolished in the... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY