The Democracy Seminar and Me
Reflecting on the history of the Democracy Seminar, Jeffrey Goldfarb (The New School) traces its evolution from a semi-clandestine transnational network during the... Read more.
The Truth of The New Right
The Democracy Seminar relaunches with a renewed global mission: to connect scholars and democrats in confronting today’s mounting threats to democracy. In this... Read more.
Small Acts of Repair
Through personal encounters in Poland, Israel, and the United States, Jeffrey Goldfarb (Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology Emeritus at The New School for... Read more.
A Nine Year Old’s Democratic Resistance: Korry Skipper – Miller at the Attorneys General’s Rule of Law Road Show
Early this month, on May 8th, I went to a “community impact hearing” called by Letitia James, the New York Attorney General. At Westchester Community College,... Read more.
Confronting Trump and Trumpism: 10 Observations after “The Morning After” / moving “Beyond Alarm”
Photo: “President Donald J. Trump, joined by the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford and Acting Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, watches... Read more.
The Democracy Seminar on the War Between Israel and Hamas
On October 24th, participants in the Democracy Seminar met for our monthly get together. These virtual meetings are informal gatherings, without an agenda. We usually... Read more.
Teaching Hope Against Hopelessness
The American University of Afghanistan and Me II Here is the second of a series of excerpts from the diary, recording my reflections on my online experiences with... Read more.
Afghan Diary: The American University of Afghanistan and Me
I have just signed a contract with the American University of Afghanistan as a University Professor. Last semester, I started working there as a visiting... Read more.
Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy and Its Culture
The dangers of a new tyranny of a minority in our time This talk was presented at the New School forum “American Democracy in Crisis: Perspectives from Tocqueville,... Read more.
Small Things, Deep Resonance
My Response A conference in my honor, “Small Things, Deep Resonance: The Sociology of Jeffrey C. Goldfarb,” was convened at the New School for Social Research... Read more.
Gray Democracy
I can’t depend on things that I have long assumed. Democracy in America, flawed as it has been, can no longer be counted on; social progress can no longer... Read more.
Between Horror and Hope
Reflections on Putin’s war in Ukraine and its implications As the war in Ukraine unfolds, I am both horrified and hopeful. Day by day, the suffering of the Ukrainian... Read more.
The Politics of Small Things + the Internet (still) = Alternatives
Reflections on the Democracy Seminar Launch We “zoomed” our launch event for the Democracy Seminar in December. We discussed the relationships between... Read more.
Collaboration and Democracy
Thoughts Anticipating the Democracy Seminar Webinar on Collaborating with Enemies, Opponents and Friends The Democracy Seminar has been very active the past few... Read more.
Uncertainty
Reflections on the Pandemic, Global Warming, Democracy, and the Social Condition On September 12, 2021, I delivered the keynote lecture at the Graduate School for... Read more.
A World Wide Committee of Democratic Correspondence: A Democracy Seminar Update
When we were considering reviving the Democracy Seminar, I recalled my 18th century history and the Committees of Correspondence formed by the Americans... Read more.
The Reinventing of the Liberal Mind
For decades, I’ve learned about America by studying Poland, and used my American experience to understand Poland, and worked to contribute to sociological... Read more.
My Arrest in Poland
The authorities hadn’t expected an American to be at this obscure performance _____ “At the time the circumstances of my arrest in Poland seemed trivial.... Read more.
The Chauvin Verdict and Common Sense
Further reflections on democracy and social justice Photo: Berlin, Germany – June 2, 2020: George Floyd mural at Mauerpark park at the site of the former death... Read more.
Democracy and Social Justice
On the significance of C.T. Vivian and Adam Michnik C. T. Vivian’s posthumous book, It’s in the Action: Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior, is... Read more.