Articles
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Photo by Maarten Van Den Heuvel Looking for the Symbol of Racial Capitalism? Look No Further Than Amazon
Amazon embodies racial capitalism. That’s why we must organize against it.
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“We need people that are listening”
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair and her campaign managers talk about their California State Assembly race, the campaign’s turn to mutual aid work during COVID, and how they’re building a sustainable grassroots movement
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Photo by Emiliano Bar Lessons for Ending Mass Incarceration Beyond the Pandemic
COVID-19 offers us an opportunity to target the root causes of mass incarceration. But we’ll need political courage to convince lawmakers to divest from the correctional system.
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“Be as big as the moment”
James Burch of the Anti Police-Terror Project talks about organizing during the uprisings and the “need to be bold and principled” in this moment
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“Cops don’t keep us safe”
Cat Brooks from the Anti Police-Terror Project talks about organizing during the uprisings, what needs to be done to defund the police, and her vision for a national defund movement.
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“Electing socialist politicians expands what is possible by leaps and bounds”
Jabari Brisport and Fainan Lakha talk about their campaign, the DSA’s electoral strategy, and why we need socialists in office.
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Planting the Seeds of Abolition
Organizers from the Minneapolis abolitionist collective MPD150 talk about changing the narrative to create the world we want to see.
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“This is all about bringing about justice”
Phara Soufrrant Forrest talks about how her campaign strategies have shifted during a tumultuous spring — and how she’s using her campaign to build a more just New York.
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How to Campaign in a Crisis
Tascha Van Auken talks about how she’s building a people-powered campaign during COVID-19
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New Media and Political Power: An Interview with Brian Rosenwald
Brian Rosenwald talked with us about the Right’s success at monopolizing talk radio — and the possibilities for the Left to use new media to expand our reach
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Neoliberalism Is Over. What Comes Next? An Interview with Ganesh Sitaraman
Ganesh Sitaraman talks about the demise of neoliberalism and the urgency of fighting for — and winning — a more democratic political and economic order.
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Building Civic Power in the Covid-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a public health and economic crisis. America’s worst-in-the-world outbreak reflects a crisis of democracy.
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Framework: Strategy Questions for Paradigm Shifts in an Age of Crises
Moving through a long-term crisis calls us to vision the future, process tough emotions, and address immediate emergencies in the present moment, often all in the same day or hour. This tool is intended to help community-based organizations map questions for their teams to navigate these difficult and complex times.
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Todxs necesitamos un hogar: Es hora de que los grupos de justicia de vivienda y los sindicatos se unan.
Al unirse contra lxs caserxs corporativxs y por la expansión de lo que consiguen con negociaciones, los sindicatos y grupos de justicia de vivienda están teniendo un rol crucial en atender la crisis de vivienda.
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Negociando por el bien común como justicia racial
Líderes hacen un llamado al sindicalismo tradicional, las organizaciones de trabajadorxs más nuevas y el movimiento más amplio por la justicia racial a que se enfoquen en quienes realmente toman las decisiones en los sectores públicos y privados y tienen interés en mantener intactas las desigualdades raciales.
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Queremos pan y vivienda tambien: Negociar por el bien comun, una estrategia feminista interseccional
Negociar por el Bien Común es parte del legado histórico de Bread and Roses (pan y rosas), rechazando la división entre el hogar y el trabajo, entre la comunidad y el sindicalismo.
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Un llamado a la acción en este preciso instante
Hay momentos en la historia en que el mundo se tambalea sobre el filo de una navaja - creemos que nos encontramos en un momento así. Tenemos que usar las luchas presentes y futuras para transformar nuestro mundo, y Negociar por el Bien Común (BCG, por sus siglas en inglés) es una herramienta esencial para ese esfuerzo.
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Lecciones de la Campaña del Bien Común de lxs maestrxs de LA y la victoria de la huelga
Conversación con miembrxs sindicales, madres, padres y miembrxs comunitarixs líderes de la huelga por el bien común de United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) de enero 2019 acerca de estrategias y lecciones aprendidas.<a href="/node/301">Un llamado a la acción en este preciso instante</a>
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Lxs maestrxs de Chicago hacen una huelga por las escuelas que nuestxs estudiantes merecen y la ciudad que nuestra comunidad merece
Una conversación con Stacy Davis-Gates, vicepresidente de Chicago Teachers Union, y Amisha Patel, directora ejecutiva de Grassroots Collaborative, acerca de la huelga por el bien común de octubre 2019.
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Racism Has a Cost for Everyone
In my TED talk, I tell stories that challenge the zero-sum paradigm of racial competition. I share for the first time how it felt to watch Lehman Brothers collapse from a crisis my colleagues and I had spent nearly a decade trying to prevent. What began with discriminatory loans to Black homeowners (three times as likely to be charged inflated mortgage rates despite good credit) eventually spiraled out to infect the entire global economy. As I say in the talk, "The financial crisis would not have happened if it hadn’t been for racism."