Recent Articles
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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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Credit: Need More People Power in Times of Crisis? Run Mass Trainings
For movements trying to harness the energy that emerges during political upheavals, mass training provides a crucial means to develop leadership and bring in new participants.
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Credit: napolim Resisting Authoritarianism: Lessons from Arkansas
Bill Kopsky, executive director of Arkansas Public Policy Panel, argues for a multiracial organizing revival and bold ideas to overcome the divisiveness of a second Trump presidency and make progress on the core challenges facing Americans.
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A young Kwame Ture attempted to influence the organization but was stifled by the CIA. Credit: Leni Sinclair How We’re Rebuilding the Nation’s Largest Student Organization
For over seven decades, the U.S. Student Association represented millions of students, weathered challenges like CIA infiltration, and championed civil rights and free higher education. Learn how this organization was built in the 1940s and why a new generation is rebuilding it today.
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Credit: Peg Hunter, flickr Lessons for the Long Fight from Jewish Voice for Peace
Two former staff leaders of JVP reflect on what it looks like to build a durable institution capable of winning long-term governing power while remaining agile in moments of crisis.
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Credit: master1305 What Megachurches Can Teach Us About Organizing: Undivided Review
Hahrie Han’s new book about an evangelical church is packed with touching moments of human vulnerability and contains important lessons for organizers struggling within workplaces, families, and organizations that often feel hostile to our politics and values.
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Credit: PointImages How Black Workers Challenged the Mafia
A story of intrigue and power involving union organizers, Black laundry workers, the Mafia, and the FBI in 1980s Detroit.
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Credit: rob walsh 10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
The key to taking effective action in a Trump world is to avoid perpetuating the autocrat’s goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.
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Jason Wu via Wikimedia Commons A New Wave of Movements Against Trumpism Is Coming
Our job is to translate outrage over his agenda into action toward a truly transformational vision.
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Credit: SementsovaLesia On Woodworking and Our Toolbox of Organizing Tactics
Rynn Reed dives deep into how carpentry taught her to better understand what it takes to build effective strategy.