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photo by, Maksim Sokolov (Maxergon) What the US can learn from Canadian activists who blocked truck convoys
As the trucker convoy makes its way to Washington, Canadian blockades offer lessons on how to stop far-right occupations in their tracks.
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photo credit: Getty Images What to Do When the World Is Ending
So what do we do when the world is ending? The same things that so many of the giants on whose shoulders we stand did when their worlds were ending. We choose to face our despair — to walk towards it and through it —choose to take action, choose to build movements. We do it because we don’t know how it ends, because there are possibilities out there that we simply can’t see from here.
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Getty Images Ukraine doesn’t need to match Russia’s military might to defend against invasion
Throughout history, people facing occupation have tapped into the power of nonviolent struggle to thwart their invaders.
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Photo by Amaury Laporte, Wiki Commons It’s time to take inspiration from Ukraine and double down on global democratic solidarity
As courageous Ukrainians and Russian antiwar protesters resist Putin’s brutal war, we can do far more to support pro-democracy activists and movements.
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Getty Images Building Power with Popular Education
Popular education is essential to building an equitable future — especially for base-building organizations.
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photo credit: Getty Images Toxic Individualism Ain’t It
On episode three of Raci$m Is Profitable, Solana Rice and Jeremie Greer talk about personal responsibility — the idea that if your money's not right, it's because you're doing something wrong.
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Getty Images The Lost Art of Listening for Issues
Let’s move from funding organizations to mobilize, and instead allow the space to organize.
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Hope in an Unlikely Place
A review of A Field Guide to White Supremacy
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Author courtesy of Aline López Participatory Budgeting in Mexico: An Interview with Aline López
Aline Yunery Zunzunegui López talks about changing Mexican political culture through participatory budgeting.
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Image courtesy of the authors Community Care is the Language of Peace
It is radical to care in societies in which inequality is the norm and marginalized communities are stripped of their humanity.
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Image courtesy of Caryn Dasah Young Women’s Peace Activism in Cameroon: An Interview with Caryn Oyo Dasah
Peace activist Caryn Dasah on why lasting solutions will only come when women and girls directly affected by armed conflict are part of the decision-making about how to resolve the crisis.
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photo credit: Getty Images Whose Money? Our Money.
A conversation with Demond Drummer
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Wikimedia Commons Bet on Institution Building, Not Manchin
A case for building movement infrastructure in the times we feel at sea
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Getty Images An End to the Housing Market as We Know It
A conversation with Meg Daly, René Moya, B. Rosas, and Cea Weaver about the path to decommodifying housing, the false promise of increasing housing supply, and what the recent victory in Saint Paul means for the future of tenant organizing in the city — and across the country.
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photo credit: Getty Images Work Is Not Worth
A conversation with Lauren Jacobs
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photo by, Mykyta Dolmatov Collaborative Governance: How We Build Power Together
Philadelphia City Council Member Helen Gym, former Gainesville City Commissioner Gail Johnson, State Innovation Exchange Co-Executive Director Jessie Ulibarri, and Texas Organizing Project Strategy Director Crystal Zermeno discuss best practices, identify promising strategies, and highlight lessons from their on-the-ground experiences with co-governance in the U.S.
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Getty Images Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try to take it over?
How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness.
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Thirdson Photography and Benedict Pawa From #EndSARS to Pan-African Solidarity
Lessons from an intergenerational and transnational movement against state violence
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Photo courtesy of the authors Young People Are Overcoming Political Polarization
How “non-partisan” youth movements in Bangladesh are driving social change
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Photo courtesy of the author “We are the Ones That Have the Power”: A Conversation with Grace Gondwe
A conversation with Grace Gondwe about youth political participation and transformation in Zambia