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  From Countervailing to Prevailing Power

  Progressives should plan our fights against anti-democratic oligarchies with the explicit aim of becoming the dominant political force.

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  Planting the Seeds for Movement Building

  An interview with Georgia STAND-Up’s CEO, Deborah Scott

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  Solana Rice and Jeremie Greer

  Battling on the Issues

  Pablo Rodriguez of Communities for a New California talks with Solana Rice and Jeremie Greer about electoral organizing.

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  Amisha Patel

  Lessons from Chicago Coalition Building

  How to build a coalition with members who (mostly) don’t hate each other  

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  Mark Engler and Paul Engler

  What’s the problem with taking state power?

  As social movements move beyond the default anarchist sensibility that prevailed through Occupy, they must still reckon with hard questions about bureaucracy and cooptation. 

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  Hollie Russon Gilman and

  Widening Political Participation in Lexington, Kentucky

  An interview with Richard Young of CivicLex

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  Bill Kopsky

  That’s Not One We Expected

  An excerpt from How We Win The Civil War.

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  Lauren Jacobs and George Goehl

  Using Policy to Reorganize Power

  Even the best structural reforms will not succeed without aggressive organizing.

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  Jeff Ordower

  ACT UP Was a Vanguard Organization

  Sarah Schulman talks about the impetus for ACT UP, the group's structure and strategies, and lessons for organizers today. 

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  Lessons from the Chilean Constitutional Convention

  The failure of the proposed Chilean constitution marks a turning point in the process that began with the 2019 social uprising in Chile.

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  Inside the Chilean Constitutional Convention

  An interview with Constitutional Convention Delegate and activist Elisa Giustinianovich

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  Multifunctional Workers: Organizing Walmart in Chile

  An interview with leaders of unions at Walmart — Sandra Neida, Natalia Duque, and Juan Vergara — on changes in the supermarket industry and what the constitutional process meant for labor

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  Winning a Union at Starbucks in Chile

  The president of the Starbucks union in Chile reflects on the impact of student mobilizations on the labor movement, the 2019 social uprising, and the proposed constitution.

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  Port Workers Strike for Democracy

  The Chilean Port Workers Union senior strategist Gonzalo Díaz reflects on challenges in the logistics industry and what the constitutional process meant for unions.

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  Kandace Montgomery

  “I get the strength from my beloved son”

  Mery Cortez’s son was murdered by the Chilean military during the social uprising of 2019. She talks with Kandace Montgomery of Black Visions about her loss, what gives her the strength to fight for justice, and her hopes for Black people across the Americas.

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  The Inspiring Struggle of Fabiola Campillai

  The Senator talks about her experience of ocular trauma, what made her decide to run for office, and what her hopes are for the future.

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  The Opportunity to Dream: Dasic Fernández

  Dasic Fernández created colorful murals of the capuchas — the face-covered front-line protestors who became heroes during the Chilean social uprising. Rodrigo Starz talks with him about his powerful work. 

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  We knew, ever since we were born

  Chile is a country of resistance, as well as injustice, home to a dignified people who are willing to fight for what is theirs.

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  Ana Tijoux’s Top 10 Songs of the Uprising

  Every uprising needs a soundtrack. Ana Tijoux shares hers. 

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  The People of The Land: The Mapuche Struggle Continues

  Jaime Huenchullan and Jakeline Curaqueo on what the new constitution would have meant for the Mapuche people.