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Purdue Students and Faculty Say No to War Criminals on Campus
Activists at Purdue will protest George W. Bush’s role in the war on Iraq during his December 6 campus visit.
Abolition Is About Escaping the Death Trap of “Normalcy”
“We need the resources that the carceral state has stolen from us,” says Andrea Ritchie.
Exiled Russian Activist Challenges Pacifist Approach to Ending War on Ukraine
Russian feminist and antiwar activist Lolja Nordic explains why she supports Ukrainian resistance.
26 Climate Conferences Have Failed to Halt Emissions. Do We Need a New Strategy?
Negotiations and climate conferences can’t bring change on their own if major powers continue to block them.
The Right Did Worse Than Expected, But That Shouldn’t Satisfy Progressives
Organizing efforts paid off in the midterms, but the left’s work isn’t over yet.
Nuclear Threats Escalate as NATO and Russia Plan Nuclear War Games
Activists are calling for diplomacy and demanding that world leaders steer us away from a nuclear precipice.
Let’s Build Leftist Academic Solidarities to Rebuff Far Right Attacks
To defend space for justice-based scholarship, we must challenge the individualizing logic of the corporate university.
Confronting the “Elite Capture” of Identity Politics in Our Movement Spaces
“Either we're going to stand together, or we're going to fall apart,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
Grassroots Climate Organizers Led the Way to Scrapping Manchin’s Dirty Deal
The climate movement is stronger coming out of this win and that is because we followed those on the front lines.
How Can We Build Democracy in the South — in Electoral Politics and Beyond?
Southern freedom fighters have been fighting to build a grassroots democracy that is directly informed by their needs.