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Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, Power, and Political Memory
“What if changing the world looked more like care than like war,” asks writer Rebecca Solnit.
Repair Is a Survival Skill Under Fascism
Too much urgency to resolve conflict can close us off from what repair really requires.
Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions
“Disagreement can be a beautiful, beautiful thing,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.
The Science of Unlearning and Why Organizers Need It
“Nobody had a story about unlearning that didn’t include a connection with other people,” says Lewis Raven Wallace.
Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime — and Fighting Back
“Getting involved locally is critical,” says journalist Andrea Pitzer.
Minneapolis Community Defense Is “Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind”
“We are becoming the people that we always knew that we needed to be,” says Minneapolis organizer Andrew Fahlstrom.
How We’ve Resisted ICE: Street Lessons From Chicago
“I cannot imagine doing anything else in this moment,” says community defense organizer Gabe Gonzalez.
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper.
Burnout Is Not Inevitable: Building Movements That Can Hold Us
“Care really should be at the center of our strategy, of our analysis, and of our practice,” says Aaron Goggans.
Making Things Together: Zines, Strategy, and Survival
“We're going to need a lot more in-person opportunities for us to expand our humanity,” says organizer Mariame Kaba.