“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 <a href="https://www.hoosieraction.org/" target="_blank">Hoosier Action</a>.
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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.
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The Kavanaugh Reckoning Is Only Just Beginning
One year ago this week, after a shameful process, the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh.
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.
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.
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.
From the Archives
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.
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.
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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.
Holly Craig-Wehrle
Holly Craig-Wehrle is a union organizer based in Los Angeles. She represents contingent faculty and librarians at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara in their union, UC-AFT, and she proudly serves...
Alisa Gallo
Alisa Gallo has been organizing for social, environmental, and economic justice since high school. Since 1994, she has done paid organizing with workers and employers in all the hospitality industry...
Ben Chin
Ben Chin is the Deputy Director of Maine People’s Alliance, where he has worked on community organizing campaigns for the last fifteen years. He helped build the teams that have...
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers...
The Forge Staff
The Forge is built by organizers and our target audience is both organizers – labor, community, movement, digital, and electoral organizers – in the US, as well as those with...
The Burning Case for Fan(non)Fiction for the Climate Movement
Review of On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, by Naomi Klein
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Brian Kettenring
Brian leads CPD’s Economic Justice Campaigns including Fair Work Week, Fed Up, Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Days, Childcare, and Wall Street Accountability. Additionally, Brian oversees CPD’s voter engagement portfolio, as...
Ana María Archila
Ana María Archila is the Co-Executive Director at the Center for Popular Democracy, she immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia at the age of 17 and has become a leading...
Fatima Goss Graves
She is widely recognized for her effectiveness in the complex public policy arena at both the state and federal levels, regularly testifies before Congress and federal agencies, and is a...
Kate Hess Pace
Kate Hess Pace has worked in organizing and advocacy for the past 20 years. Prior to starting Hoosier Action, she worked as a community organizer for ISAIAH in the Twin...
Puja Datta
A proud first-generation Indian-American midwesterner, Puja is a union organizer with CMRJB Workers United. She believes strongly in the power of human connection in dismantling capitalism. She is driven by...