Pax Americana

Bread is Freedom and Freedom is Bread: A Post-Structuralist Marxist Analysis of the Rhetoric of Lucy Parsons Born into chattel slavery in Virginia and raised in Texas, Lucy Parsons navigated a trajectory of radical self-construction that established a foundational precedent for subsequent generations of activists. Although biographical details of her early years remain fragmentary, Parsons emerged as a definitive figure among nineteenth-century women of color, strategically adopting Mexican and Native American ancestral narratives to navigate the era’s pervasive racial hierarchies. Following her relocation to Chicago with Albert Parsons, a prominent anarchist later executed in the wake of the Haymarket Affair, the couple integrated deeply into radical leftist infrastructures.  Their involvement in the Workingmen’s Party of the United States (WPUSA) and the utilization of their domestic space for political organizing positioned them at the vanguard of the nascent American socialist ...

​Hello to all! We would love to announce that we will take blog submissions from now on! This means that, if you are struggling to keep up with deadlines or  want to write more freely, you will be able to  submit your work to our email and it will be published on our blog!  Don’t forget to check our Instagram for more information. You can find the submission guidelines here .

​Hello to all! We are pleased to announce that our fourth issue is out, and our first edition is already sold out! We sincerely thank  you for the interest and support you are showing! Good news is: Our second edition is now on the way, and if  want to get a copy, please fill out this Google Form:  https://forms.gle/kLvMt73kL5DpVoNV7 Don’t forget that you can always contact us for further assistance via Instagram or email. Sic Parvis Magna Pax Americana Team

 Pax Americana Team welcomes submissions that interpret the theme: “human[e]” for the 2025-2026 academic year spring issue. Works that meaningfully resonate with the concept of “human[e]” creatively, critically, or experimentally will be considered for this issue. It may include questions of humanity, human experience, everyday life, identity, and the social, political, and emotional dimensions of being human. However, if you can further interpret the theme as something else, we will appreciate your work as well. We accept creative works (poetry, flash fiction, short stories, nonfiction), academic and critical essays, and visual artworks. • There is no minimum word count. The maximum word count is 4,000 words. • Submissions must be sent as .doc or .docx. • Submissions are accepted in MLA format: Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, and include a Works Cited page where applicable. • You should name your file as AuthorName_Title_Genre. • 100-200-word abstracts are preferred...