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The World We Want: An Activist Dispatch From the SOA Watch Convergence
The human rights crisis worsens at the US-Mexico border, and US mainstream politics offer little hope for refugees and migrants.

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The Time for Direct Action on Climate Change Is Now
When we are old, what will we wish we had done?

The US Needs Repentance and Atonement
One does not have to believe in God to understand that changes to the heart require a fundamentally new way of approaching reality.

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The Women’s Boat to Gaza Activists Are Free and Undeterred
After being released from Israeli detention, the Women's Boat to Gaza activists pledge to continue their efforts to end the occupation of Palestine.

Boots on the Ground for Public Schools
In the midst of a presidential campaign circus, parents and teachers try to put the focus on state lawmakers — and kids.

We Only Move Forward When We Demand the Impossible: An Interview With Bill Ayers
History shows that progress only happens when we refuse to limit ourselves to the art of the possible, says Bill Ayers.

How the Left Can Circumvent the Rise of the Alt-Right
The left can reclaim the political discourse with a multiracial movement that calls out the alt-right's fascism.

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Confronting Contradictions on the Path to Revolution: A Review of “Demand the Impossible!“
Bill Ayers' “Demand the Impossible!” is a direct challenge to the status quo that profits from a passive, obedient public.

These Three Issues Prove Our Movements Are Way Ahead of Clinton and Trump
Activists are too busy building a better world from the ground up to heed the grand plans of presidential hopefuls.

Safe [White] Spaces
My time at Brooklyn Co-op taught me a lot about how liberal democratic spaces fail to identify intersectionalities of exploitation.