Truthout
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How Can We Organize in Ways That Challenge Boundaries and Defy Exclusion?
Our organizing must be grounded in -- not bounded by -- local conditions, argues Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
Violence of Settler Colonialism Stretches Across Generations of Native Families
“An Enemy Such as This” tells the history of colonialism from the perspective of those who suffered war and occupation.
Neoliberal Era Was Rich in Revolutionary Lessons. Movements Must Learn Them.
Left movements will succeed only if they overcome the barriers faced by past struggles, writes Colin Barker.
George Floyd Isn’t in the Headlines, But Trauma Continues for Black Men Like Me
Being a Black man in the U.S. feels like waiting to be killed. I carry within me the history of anti-Black murders.
Past Year of White Nationalism Has Shown Ongoing Need for Anti-Fascist Movements
The potential of white nationalism only grows without resistance to stifle it.
American Pop Culture Feeds the War on Peace
U.S. pop culture's honoring of soldiers above all others shapes and reinforces a deadly militarism.
A Global Police State Is Emerging as World Capitalism Descends Into Crisis
A project of twenty-first century fascism is on the ascent in the civil societies of many countries around the world.
It’s Possible to Run for Office as an Unapologetic Socialist and Win
Chicago’s elected officials are using their office to stoke more grassroots organizing.
If a Budding Socialist Movement Can Defeat Amazon, Imagine What Else It Can Do
Socialists in New York played a key role in coalition organizing that halted a corporate behemoth in its tracks.
We Can’t Let COVID-19 Drive Us Into Authoritarianism
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will we collapse into authoritarianism or learn the lessons of this moment?