Robert Jensen
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Biography
Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center in Austin. We Are All Apocalyptic Now: On the Responsibilities of Teaching, Preaching, Reporting, Writing, and Speaking Out is online in print and on Kindle. Jensen is also the author of Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialogue (City Lights, coming in April 2013); All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice, (Soft Skull Press, 2009); Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (South End Press, 2007); The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights, 2005); Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights, 2004); and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream (Peter Lang, 2002). Jensen is also co-producer of the documentary film “Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing” (Media Education Foundation, 2009), which chronicles the life and philosophy of the longtime radical activist. An extended interview Jensen conducted with Osheroff. |
Editorial
| Date | Title |
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| 07/11/2011 14:50:12 | The Power -- and Limits -- of Social Movements |
| 08/23/2010 09:27:31 | There are no heroes in illegal and immoral wars |
| 04/19/2010 09:14:42 | Diversity dead-end: Inclusiveness without accountability |
| 02/09/2010 08:47:44 | NY Times: No conflict of interest |
| 01/25/2010 11:06:50 | Great television/bad journalism |
Analysis
Politics
| Date | Title |
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| 03/21/2013 06:55:56 | An illegal anniversary |
| 08/29/2012 10:44:22 | Learning to Hate Longhorn Football |
| 11/28/2011 10:23:24 | Occupy Congress |
| 01/10/2011 10:40:58 | The machines change, the work remains the same |
| 10/30/2010 08:46:22 | Elections: The day after |
| 10/11/2010 14:02:21 | Soils and souls: The promise of The Land |
| 06/14/2010 19:18:53 | No Nukes/No Empire |
Contact Info
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Additional Information
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Connections
Live_Blog
Live Blog: Turkey Protests
Protests at Taksim Square in Istanbul started after trees were torn up to make way for the redevelopment of Gezi Park. ( 16-Jun-2013 )


