The American Minervan

Tag: Radical Republicanism

  • Open Letter: Every Citizen is the Salvation of the Republic

    Open Letter: Every Citizen is the Salvation of the Republic

    The sharpest critics of American white supremacy fluently spoke the civic-republican language, whether we bring to mind David Walker critique of our once “slaveholding republic” that betrayed republican principles; Frederick Douglass’s speeches on “composite nationality” and the Roman-republican ideal of civic membership; Martin Delany’s neo-Roman republicanism; the Haitian Revolution’s liberty against domination; or even twentieth-century…

  • Giuseppi Mazzini’s Political Theology on the Origin of Revolution

    Giuseppi Mazzini’s Political Theology on the Origin of Revolution

    A rejection of the Marxist or materialist view that economic conditions drive history has been one of the most consistent aspects in my writings and views shared among colleagues who adopt the materialist view for many years. Revolutions indeed have their origin in the human mind and its guiding principles. A true revolution is not…