Kyle Carrero Lopez’s poem “Itinerary” ambles across psychic shorelines, exploring the ways in which capitalism structures the family-form. proteanmag.com/2026/09/20/i...

Itinerary • Protean Magazine

Kyle Carrero Lopez's poem "Itinerary" ambles across psychic shorelines, exploring the ways in which capitalism structures the family-form.

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In “Making Trouble at the Airport," A.R. Zarif deploys swirling phrasal repetition to explore the psychological fallout from post-War on Terror airport security. proteanmag.com/2026/09/13/m...

Making Trouble at the Airport • Protean Magazine

In "Making Trouble at the Airport "A.R. Zarif deploys swirling phrasal repetition to explore the psychological fallout from post-War on Terror airport security.

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From the Vanderbilt Report, Vanderbilt’s “First Principles,” to its expansion into NYC and planned AI campus in Florida, Daniel Diermeier is at the forefront of many of the worst developments in higher ed proteanmag.com/2024/04/29/d...

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Vanderbilt University’s New York City campus is officially open, having taken over most of a city block in Chelsea. With its new NYC campus, the school’s ascent from a “good” and “fun” collegeto an elite powerhouse appears nearly complete.

I’m once again tapping the sign proteanmag.com/2026/03/26/h...

Hyperpolitics? Yes, Please • Protean Magazine

Alex Colston reviews Anton Jäger's "Hyperpolitics," filling in gaps in the book's short argument and arguing for the importance of political formations and activities independent of official political...

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Jack Bailey@jack-bailey.co.uk · last wk.

Turns out, the author just ... made them up 🤷‍♂️. I can't get over this. It really doesn't seem ok to me for someone to draw some squiggles, claim that they're illustrative of something in the real world, then act as though it's akin to evidence. The vibes you feel aren't data!

In "art from the artist," poet Paul Ukrainets meditates on the work of poetry and the limits of the poetic imagination: "That sacred dream I learned as / worth wanting: to peddle images." proteanmag.com/2026/09/19/a...

art from the artist • Protean Magazine

In "art from the artist," poet Paul Ukrainets meditates on the work of poetry and the limits of the poetic imagination: "That sacred dream I learned as / worth wanting: to peddle images."

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FROM THE ARCHIVES Andy Hines traces the lines of power between U.S. educational and healthcare institutions. Campuses and corporatized administrations are loci of profit—from leveraging real estate and debt to driving “urban renewal,” redlining, and racist policing. proteanmag.com/2022/09/08/t...

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Health Sovereignty in Palestine: A Conversation Between Mary Turfah and Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah • Protean Magazine

In this long conversation, Mary Turfah talks with Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah about health sovereignty in Palestine, the coloniality of Western NGOs, the centrality of healthcare to the genocide in Palesti...

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I think this piece is a very important read ⬇️

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FROM THE ARCHIVES Fargo Tbakhi writes with this reflective essay on the role and duty of writing in this time of a genocide. How do hegemonic prerogatives dictate style, content, and status? What can words do for us, when words are also the vehicle of cruel ideology? proteanmag.com/2023/12/08/n...

Andy Hines on how profit incentive, prestige-seeking, and student repression intersect at elite universities. Despite institutions’ public commitments to free expression, willingness to quash protests can in fact be a selling point. www.proteanmag.com/2024/04/29/discipline-and-protest/

FROM THE ARCHIVES Fargo Tbakhi writes with this reflective essay on the role and duty of writing in this time of a genocide. How do hegemonic prerogatives dictate style, content, and status? What can words do for us, when words are also the vehicle of cruel ideology? proteanmag.com/2023/12/08/n...

Protean is an excellent publication. Check out Devin O’Shea’s piece on the creepy secret radiological experiments done on the (poor, black) residents of St. Louis… 😱

Protean Magazine@proteanmag.com · 2mo ago

For almost a decade, we raised the funds for writer pay and print runs by offering pre-orders, which served as an annual fundraiser. That’s no longer viable. If Protean is going to continue as a forum for the left, we’re going to need our readers’ help. patreon.com/proteanmag

Subscribers will not only receive Issue 6 upon release—we’re also giving away this wall-size poster of original art to all new sign-ups, while they last. Support independent left media (and get plenty in return) and subscribe for as little as 50¢ a week. patreon.com/proteanmag

This is a great piece from Dylan Saba. For those who recoil at its implications, the challenge is constructing a narrative for defeating fascism that connects the "promise" of America to a final, and full, rejection of Settler Colonialism. proteanmag.com/2026/07/27/t...

The Enemies of 1776 • Protean Magazine

In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...

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Andy Hines on how profit incentive, prestige-seeking, and student repression intersect at elite universities. Despite institutions’ public commitments to free expression, willingness to quash protests can in fact be a selling point. www.proteanmag.com/2024/04/29/discipline-and-protest/

NOW UP In “Parable of the Modern Day Hijrah,” poet Isra Hassan reflects on the fraught meanings of pilgrimage in contemporary Islam. proteanmag.com/2026/08/07/p...

Parable of the Modern Day Hijrah

In "Parable of the Modern Day Hijrah," poet Isra Hassan reflects on the fraught meanings of pilgrimage in contemporary Islam.

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Subscribers will not only receive Issue 6 upon release—we’re also giving away this wall-size poster of original art to all new sign-ups, while they last. Support independent left media (and get plenty in return) and subscribe for as little as 50¢ a week. patreon.com/proteanmag

In “red script of questions,” poet Ali Choudhary creates a harrowing dialogue with the children of Gaza as they continue to endure Israel’s genocide. Ali will appear in the forthcoming print issue of Protean Magazine. proteanmag.com/2026/02/11/r...

red script of questions

In "red script of questions," poet Ali Choudhary creates a harrowing dialogue with the children of Gaza as they continue to endure Israel's genocide.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES Antigone 11 by Fargo Tbakhi when power decreed that body un-grievable, / everyone made mourning like a pet. Fargo Tbakhi will appear in the forthcoming edition of Protean Magazine.

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when power decreed that body un-grievable, / everyone made mourning like a pet.

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Protean Magazine@proteanmag.com · 2mo ago

Our aim is to ensure Protean remains a reliable presence on the left. To do so, we’re moving away from our pre-sale system to a subscription model. Subscribe at these Patreon tiers using the below link—you’ll receive Issue 6 and more. Digital: $2/month Print: $5+/month patreon.com/proteanmag

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In “The Enemies of 1776,” Dylan Saba marks the nation's 250th by examining the long continuity in the U.S.’s genocidal wars on the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, the Philippines, and Vietnam to the Israeli-U.S. genocide in Gaza. proteanmag.com/2026/07/27/t...

In “Pantone® Colour of the Year: A Consumer Review,” poet Momtaza Mehri meditates on greenness as a volatile signifier of ecological collapse, neocolonial violence, and commodity circulation. proteanmag.com/2026/07/26/p...

Pantone® Colour of the Year: A Consumer Review • Protean Magazine

In "Pantone® Colour of the Year: A Consumer Review," poet Momtaza Mehri meditates on greenness as a volatile signifier of ecological collapse, neocolonial violence, and commodity circulation.

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In “The Enemies of 1776,” Dylan Saba marks the nation's 250th by examining the long continuity in the U.S.’s genocidal wars on the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, the Philippines, and Vietnam to the Israeli-U.S. genocide in Gaza. proteanmag.com/2026/07/27/t...

The Enemies of 1776 • Protean Magazine

In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...

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If you've ever read an (ad-free!) article or poem in Protean, consider becoming a subscriber! As a nonprofit, the vast majority of our funds go toward compensating the creative and analytical labor of our writers and artists. Every dollar that goes to Protean Magazine is a dollar well spent.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES Andy Hines traces the lines of power between U.S. educational and healthcare institutions. Campuses and corporatized administrations are loci of profit—from leveraging real estate and debt to driving “urban renewal,” redlining, and racist policing. proteanmag.com/2022/09/08/t...

The Myth of the Public Good

Andy Hines traces the lines of power between U.S. educational and healthcare institutions. In both, campuses and corporatized administrations are loci of profit—from leveraging real estate and debt…

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Poet Jon Hoel's “In a Generous Way” navigates grief through the history of Spanish fascism: “I return to my past again,” he writes, “a gibbon / in the maw of loss.” proteanmag.com/2026/07/23/i...

In a Generous Way • Protean Magazine

Poet Jon Hoel's "In a Generous Way" navigates grief through the history of Spanish fascism: "I return to my past again," he writes, "a gibbon / in the maw of loss."

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Our aim is to ensure Protean remains a reliable presence on the left. To do so, we’re moving away from our pre-sale system to a subscription model. Subscribe at these Patreon tiers using the below link—you’ll receive Issue 6 and more. Digital: $2/month Print: $5+/month patreon.com/proteanmag