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Social Movements
This Valentine’s Day, Let’s Choose Love Over Borders
We need movements rooted in vulnerability, healing and revolutionary love.
Bernie’s Likely 2020 Bid Could Transform the Political Landscape
Another Sanders run could stoke productive tensions between grassroots activism and electoral politics.
Electing Democrats Without Confronting Neoliberalism Will Not Be Enough
“Both parties take neoliberalism for granted, and that has severely limited what can be done at the ballot box.”
A Power More Supreme Than Any Judge
Strikes and protest movements have been the most effective way to take on a reactionary Supreme Court.
Net Neutrality Repeal Would Deal a Massive Blow to Social Movements
CounterSpin interview with Erin Shields on net neutrality repeal.
The Silence Is Broken
Harvey Weinstein's exposure as a sexual predator has unleashed a powerful expression of resistance.
Campesino Movements Say Climate Justice Is an Alternative to Devastating G20 Policies
La Vu00eda Campesina is an international movement which coordinates over 148 organizations from Europe, Latin America, Asia, North America and Africa.
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When the Movement Itself Tears Us Down
I'm feeling torn down by my comrades. I'm tearing down my comrades.
It’s Time to Claim Our Highest Vision: Let’s Embrace the Great Turning
A vast and powerful movement of movements is coalescing across the US to transform our economic and political systems.
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Fair Game: The Resistance Puts Pressure on Complicit Democrats
An engaged progressive movement, tired of being ignored, is putting pressure on Democrats to reject Trump's agenda.