Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics

Liberties is an independent quarterly journal of ideas that publishes serious, stylish, and controversial essays about significant issues in culture and politics.The Summer 2024 issue of Liberties includes: Paul Berman -- A Harvard Cartoon and World History; Sergei Lebedev -- The Heroic Illusion of Alexei Navalny; Assaf Sharon -- The October 7 "Debate"; Kit Wilson -- Music in the Prison of History; Ekaterina Pravilova -- Atrocity, Law, and Truth; Rosanna Warren -- Wallace Stevens' First Masterpiece; Carlos Fraenkel -- Is Public Philosophy Still Possible?; Justin Smith-Ruiu -- A Series of Small Apocalypses: On the Real Threats of AI; Mitchell Abidor -- The Inspiring Odyssey of Victor Serge; Matthew Zipf -- Cleopatra, Renata Adler, and the Meaning of History; Adrian Nathan West -- The Most Overlooked Deep Thinker of our Time; David Thomson -- Why Did Humphrey Bogart Cross the Street?: Celeste Marcus -- Epiphanies in an Artist's Studio; Leon Wieseltier -- A Pascal Homily by Naomi Klein, with A Commentary; and, new poems by Mosab Abu Toha and Daniel Halpern.Liberties features essays from leading op-ed writers and scholars, award-winning and well-known non-fiction and fiction writers, next generation rising talents, and poets from around the world.There's a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers and engaged citizens from across the political and cultural spectrum read and cherish Liberties.