Recent Articles
Organizer Voices | Ten Lessons from Twenty Five Years in Organizing
My years as a labor organizer have been challenging, joyous, and sometimes devastating, like all organizing. Here are my "top 10" lessons.
How We Fought, Lost, and Learned
What I bore witness to was not merely an announcement about a congressional process. It was seeing people’s faith in our democracy and our world shift.
Organizer Voices | An Interview with Angela Lang
I felt like, if you’re organizing from a place of anger, that is not sustainable at all. I’m trying to figure out different ways to go back to organizing from a place of love.
Welcome to The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice
I'd like to welcome you to The Forge. Let us tell you about our vision, our plan, and how to get involved.
Organizer Voices | "I Fight For My Family"
"I fight for my family and my neighborhood." Tyla Pond, mother of four, answered her door in Franklin, Indiana to an organizer from Hoosier Action.
Organizer Voices | Puja Datta
We need to base build. We’re going to have to have mass obstruction of the economic system. We’re going to have to have mass obstruction of the information system.
From the Archives | Organizing: A Secret History
Given the obstacles to organizing and the inability of contemporary unions to increase or even maintain their membership, understanding the history of organizing seems more important than ever.
Cancel Kavanaugh Campaign
I’ve said that the reason that we lost is that we didn’t have the votes and that we ran out of power, but we also lost because we have electeds who are cowards. It’s not their fault, it’s ours, but our the Democrats could not even hold their entire caucus.
From the Archives | An Organizer’s Tale
We inaugurate the From the Archives series with a classic from Cesar Chavez.
Review | Why Changing Minds Isn’t Activism
A book review of Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Anti-Racist.
Interview with Hahrie Han
The Forge spoke to Hahrie Han, co-founder of the new Center on Democracy and Organizing and professor at Johns Hopkins University.
The Kavanaugh Reckoning Is Only Just Beginning
One year ago this week, after a shameful process, the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh.
Kavanaugh One Year Later
What we didn’t know when we started was that this fight would become a sort of reckoning about sexual violence and how power flows along gender lines in our society.
Community Organizing: People Power from the Grassroots
Community organizing is not merely a process that is good for its own sake. Unless the organization wins concrete, measurable benefits for those who participate, it will not last long.
How A Devastating Loss Sparked An Even Greater Movement
It’s been a year since the Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court.