Patrick Hagan
Patrick Hagan is a multimedia journalist and podcast producer covering culture, history, politics and the environment across the world.
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The Left-Wing Activists Who Want to Change American Politics
The Democratic Socialists of America hope to parlay the latest “Trump bump” into a national movement, and maybe even launch a viable alternative party. But the organization faces serious challenges — both ideological and practical — that may hinder its ability to capitalize on the moment, and possibly threaten its very existence.
The French Government Is Trying To Outlaw an Environmental Movement
Following several violent clashes between the environmentalist group Les Soulevements de la Terre and the police, the French government has issued a decree to officially dissolve the movement, thus making it illegal — in a move usually reserved for suspected Islamist terrorist groups or far-right militants.
A Mural Brought the Palestine Conflict to the 1964 World’s Fair
The Jordan Pavilion triggered an international crisis that led to protests, arrests, vandalism and the cancellation of at least one foreign leader’s visit, all within the first few weeks of a world’s fair whose official slogan was “Peace Through Understanding.”