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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 04/09/2026

We’re here tabling as a cosponsor at the Haymarket @socialismconference.org—come say hello!

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 12/08/2026

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/

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 05/08/2026

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

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 25/07/2026

Protean Magazine has always been ad-free and editorially independent. In order to keep growing, and sharpening our offerings, we’re asking our supporters to formally subscribe to the print magazine, for as little as $5 a month or $48 a year. Subscribe via patreon.com/proteanmag

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 06/07/2026

FROM THE ARCHIVE Tim Faust Lays Out the Case for Radical Change in Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next by Abby Cartus Abby will appear in the forthcoming print edition. proteanmag.com/2019/09/10/t...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 24/06/2026

It has never been more urgent for us to come together and learn from one another. September 4-7, 2026, in Chicago, @socialismconference.org will bring together activists, organizers, and communities from across the country and around the world. Register EARLY BIRD via socialismconference.org.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 18/06/2026

Protean Magazine is thrilled to be tabling at Socialism Conference 2026! This September, @socialismconf will bring together activists, organizers, and communities from across the country and around the world. Join us in Chicago, September 4-7! See you there!

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 21/03/2026

If you're in North Texas, come grab a copy of Protean and a limited edition print at the Art Book Fair at the Dallas Contemporary museum, from 12pm-5pm today and Sunday!

The Protean Magazine table at the Dallas Contemporary Art Book Fair

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 14/03/2026

Protean: Issue VI is in the works, and the presale is coming soon! If you want to be one of the first to receive the issue when it’s out—and to get free giveaways and extras—subscribe to the magazine by joining us on Patreon: patreon.com/proteanmag

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 26/11/2025

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 23/11/2025

We’re committed to providing our viewers with an advertisement and paywall free reading experience. To do so, we depend on our audience’s support. Consider becoming a patron of ours on Patreon or purchasing a print edition. Thank you for your constant support!

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 21/11/2025

An excerpt from Joni Prince's "Clarification Letter, Nov 2023" proteanmag.com/2025/05/15/c...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 05/11/2025

From the pages of Protean Magazine Issue V: Contra Temps --

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 04/11/2025

“Restricting the right to read, in this way, is a tactic intimately bound up with the history of American racism and white supremacy.” proteanmag.com/2021/11/29/t...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 31/10/2025

From the Protean Archive - “Around the world, vast labor movements merged economic and radical political demands; they pioneered mass political parties that seemed to be driven by an irresistible momentum towards victory, even electoral victory." proteanmag.com/2024/06/16/f...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 30/10/2025

Part of a series of archival ekphrasis, Eric Abalajon's "filipino laborers working as the boss looks on" interprets the visual remnants of class struggle from economic periphery to imperial core. proteanmag.com/2025/10/28/f...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 22/10/2025

We thank you for your support of Protean Magazine. Protean depends on our Patreon members—and thanks to your generosity, we're able to continue publishing the work we love. patreon.com/proteanmag

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 28/09/2025

All poetry submissions—both for print and for our online section—are now closed. Thanks to all who have submitted!

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 04/07/2025

Farewell to The Pink House—depicted here in a piece by 20th Century Collages that appears in Protean Issue IV. Read Luke's Issue IV story, "Newburyport, MA": proteanmag.com/2023/07/31/n...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 29/06/2025

Our online Poetry section has also reopened! Likewise, before submitting poems (whether for print or online), please review ALL guidelines, format your pitch correctly, and submit to the appropriate inbox. We'd also like to call particular attention to our most recent submissions policy update:

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 29/06/2025

Print submissions for Protean Magazine: Issue VI are now open. Send us your most affecting poems, or your best essay pitches and/or drafts—we want to read your incisive, rigorous, lyrical critiques of American decay, social pathology, and imperial decline. Guidelines: proteanmag.com/submissions

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 16/06/2025

Thanks to James Folta of LitHub (@literaryhub.bsky.social) for dropping by our event last week and giving their kindly recommendation.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 07/05/2025

To our readers, supporters, and friends: We're very pleased to invite you to a world first—a live Protean event. On June 7th at the Verso Books space in NYC, we'll be hosting readings by exceptional poets, fundraising, and celebrating the 8th year of the magazine. Space is limited! Details below:

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 15/03/2025

If you're in north Texas, come see us at the Dallas Art Book Fair this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 12pm to 5pm at the Dallas Contemporary Museum.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 03/03/2025

We're so grateful to all those who backed us via our pre-sale and on Patreon. Now that our contributing readers have been sent their copies of Issue V, we're making it available to all. You can now pick up Protean Issue V: Contra Temps in print and digital editions—see below.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 21/02/2025

We’re very pleased to share that at long last, we’ve received the full print run of Protean Issue V: Contra Temps. All pre-orders are shipping now. Patrons, keep an eye out for your free-issue coupon. To everyone else—you’ll soon be able to order a copy as well. Our cover:

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 15/08/2024

Get the new Protean tote bag at our webstore! proteanmag.com/shop/

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 23/10/2023

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 22/07/2023

We're excited to give you a first look inside Issue IV: Special Relativity. Check out these lovingly designed spreads from within the issue—and get ready for Monday the 24th, when it will be fully released, in print and digital editions.

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