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To Transform Our Trauma, We Must Nurture Movements for Change
“PTSD, in many ways, works like a time machine,” says healing justice practitioner Chiara Galimberti.
Keeping Each Other Alive: Mental Health and Collective Survival
“We cannot become what it is that has harmed us in the first place,” says Elliott Fukui.
The Right Wants Us to Submit to Nihilism. Here Is Where I’m Searching for Hope.
Right-wing forces benefit if we succumb to the idea that nothing can change and that no action makes a difference.
UK Uses Terrorism Law to Silence Palestine Solidarity Activists and Journalists
Amnesty International lawyer Julia Hall says the use of the UK's Terrorism Act has escalated since October 7.
In New AIDS Activist Memoir, Keiko Lane Aims to Articulate the Inexpressible
Keiko Lane was 16 when she joined ACT UP. Decades later, she describes how that activism was a kind of mutual aid.
Harsha Walia: Democratic Party Laid Groundwork for Anti-Migrant Border Policy
Author Harsha Walia analyzes how Democrats’ shift rightward is one of the “boomeranging effects” of global fascism.
Nearly 200 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2023
These killings are often carried out alongside acts of intimidation, smear campaigns and criminalization by governments.
For Our Movements to Win, We Must Learn How Not to Let Our Grief Destroy Us
Unprocessed grief can lead us to lash out at each other, rather than dismantling the systems that cause our pain.
Activists Target Logistics Firms That Are Facilitating Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
As the US government continues to arm the Israeli military, activists aim to disrupt the war machine’s supply chain.
Activists Are Bringing the Heat to the Banks Funding Climate Crisis
The “Summer of Heat” movement is pushing Citibank to divest from fossil fuels. Will the bank listen?