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Worker Power in Spartanburg,SC
Ben Carroll, Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly details what it takes to build worker power in Spartanburg County,SC. On an unseasonably warm afternoon in early March, four worker-volunteers stood at the employee entrance/exit of a major manufacturer in...
Left Out: The Missing Election Narratives
Welcome to the Margins
This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing Election narratives, a collection of unreported histories by publications inside of the Movement Media Alliance. In the spirit of collaboration that these times demand, In These Times, The Forge, Convergence and The...
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Solidarity Is Not a Transaction
Clarissa Brooks, Editor In Chief at The Forge unpacks the phenomenon of solidarity being misunderstood and corrects the record on the origins of the purpose of global solidarity efforts for marginalized people. This article is a part of Left Out: The...
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Young People and The Fight Against Fascism
Anthony Vidal Torres, Communications Director at Get Free explains why young generations are still the key to reshaping our country for the better. This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing Election narratives, a collection of unreported histories by publications...
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COVID, Palestine, Election 2024, and the Cult of Democratic Moderation
Vinay Krishnan, National Field Organizer at Popular Democracy unpacks the long standing pandemic denialism and lackluster moderation of the COVI-19 pandemic that still plagues in the current moment. This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing Election narratives, a collection...
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A Call for Unity in Unlikely Places
Lead strategists at Working Families Party and The Uncommitted Movement join together to discuss the shared values that led them to push the Democratic party further left. This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing Election narratives, a collection of...
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How Abortion Won in Arizona
Maria Esch, researcher for the Alternative Unionism Project at the Center for Work and Democracy dives deep into the local efforts to pass Proposition 139 in Arizona during the 2024 election. This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing...
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Gen Z Is Done with Dems’ Bullshit
Delaney Vandergrift, social impact strategist at Southern Vision Alliance details the failings of the Democratic Party and it’s failure to show up for young people. This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing Election narratives, a collection of unreported histories...
Building Resilient Organizations
How Progressive Organizers Can Build Healthier, More Effective Coalitions for Climate Action
Coalition work depends on trust and clarity—here's the blueprint to get there.
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Getty Images How (Not) to Dismantle White Supremacy
Is the fixation on naming "white supremacy culture" overtaking the fight against white supremacy?
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Never Again Action The Ten Components of Good Strategy
Never Again Action’s Serena Adlerstein proposes a framework for understanding strategy that aims to give organizers what they need to build more resilient, and effective, organizations.
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Getty Images Building Better Leadership Pipelines
In “Building Resilient Organizations,” Maurice Mitchell articulates what many in the professional left have felt but are afraid to say; the once-stable ground of our movement has turned into a space with rising tensions, organizational infighting, and proxy wars that have undermined our ability to be effective.
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Courtesy of the Working Families Party Building Resilient Organizations
Toward Joy and Durable Power in a Time of Crisis
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“Electoralizing” Your Issue Campaign: The Example of Paid Sick Days
Elections are a time when organizers hope to establish their issue as a central priority for both the public and the candidates campaigning to take office. The phrase “electoralizing” an issue during elections has become a frequent term among organizers,...
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Taking the Long View of History: A Conversation with Prof. John Wright
Conceptualizing social movements as part of a trans-generational struggle is crucial to both stamina and success, he says In the winter of 1969, a group of 70 Black students occupied Morrill Hall at the University of Minnesota to protest institutional...
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Time for People-Centered Policy
Workshop’s Executive Director, MB Maxwell breaks down five ways to secure people-centered policy wins in their latest. Originally published in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas – Time for People-Centered Policy) Like so many others, I knocked on a lot of doors...
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148 Days and Counting: Georgia’s Battle Against Authoritarianism
Learn how Georgian citizens have fought against their own Trump-like figure to get a glimpse of what may be ahead for the United States. It’s the 148th day of protests in Tbilisi. Rustaveli Avenue, home to Georgia’s Parliament building, is...
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How Universities Can Build Community Power
Learn how Citizens UK borrowed from Chicago organizers to transform Universities into catalysts for community power. “In terms of people, money and relationships, universities are by far [one of] the powerful pillars of civil society – but too often they...
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Justice for All: Road-Tested Strategies for Building a Bigger Movement
Three members of the Just Economy Institute share their insights on how to weave multiple worlds together to accelerate change. This article is republished from Common Dreams. Most activists sense the dense web of connections linking social, economic and climate...
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Justice for All: Road-Tested Strategies for Building a Bigger Movement
Three members of the Just Economy Institute share their insights on how to weave multiple worlds together to accelerate change. This article is republished from Common Dreams. Most activists sense the dense web of connections linking social, economic and climate...
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Featured illustration for Convergence by Kimmie Dearest Because We Need Each Other Pt.4: Interventions & Healing
In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.” We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work through tension and conflict in our movements, and to offer viable pathways for recognition, prevention,...
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Featured illustration for Convergence by Kimmie Dearest Because We Need Each Other Pt.3: The Early Warning Signs of Cancel Culture
In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.” We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work through tension and conflict in our movements, and to offer viable pathways for recognition, prevention,...
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Featured illustration for Convergence by Kimmie Dearest Because We Need Each Other Pt.2: Understanding Cancel Culture
In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture” in collaboration with Convergence Magazine. We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work through tension and conflict in our movements, and to offer...
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Popular Democracy Post-Election Debrief
Following the 2024 Election, Popular Democracy convened Executive Directors and senior staff of the grassroots power building organizations that make up its network. The meeting took place before President Trump was inaugurated and included a panel of organizational leaders reflecting...
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Because We Need Each Other, Part I: Origin Story
Exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture” as a collaboration with Convergence Magazine In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.” We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work through tension...
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Fortifying the Frontlines: How to Protect Social Movements Under Attack
Executive Director of the Building Movement Project, Janis Rosheuvel unpacks how to bolster the frontlines of movement work for the fight ahead The burning of the main office building at The Highlander Center, an historic movement training venue; the violent...
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Emancipation Over Extinction
Somatic coach and organizer, Aaron Jamal, provides a timely reminder to fight for emancipation in ongoing times of extreme oppression. Apocalyptic hurricanes in my home state of North Carolina and cataclysmic firestorms on the other side of the country have...
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Plan 2028: Bringing Labor and Social Movements Together
Plan 2028 isn’t just another general strike call—it’s a strategic, long-term push to unite labor and social movements in a coordinated fight against rising authoritarianism. The Trump Administration has come in with brute force, attacking working people and institutions from...
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Building Community, Building Power: Lessons from Indigenous Women in Colombia
Peralta, a former Political Director at SEIU sits down with Mayor of Jambaló, Emilse Paz Labio about her decades long work towards women’s rights and environmental justice. How does one build resilience and power in the face of the daily...
