As Petition Deadline Looms, Stop Cop City Organizers Win More Time and Volunteers
A federal lawsuit has extended the deadline and opened the process to DeKalb County residents, but the city is fighting back.
Lessons From Gramsci for Social Movements Today
From Gramsci’s political thinking and practical strategizing come a set of ideas that arguably have only grown more salient with time.
How Prisoner-Led Organizing Saved My Life
Joining the Black Prisoners Caucus helped me find direction and the opportunity to serve my community amidst a life-without-parole sentence.
Resisting Abortion Bans a Year After Dobbs
A nurse midwife discusses how health care providers and movements connect in the fight for reproductive justice after the upending of abortion rights.
How Suing the US Government Can Empower the Climate Movement
As the youth-led climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States heads to trial, plaintiff Nathan Baring discusses the important role legal action can play within a movement.
Barbie Is on the Picket Line
Don’t be surprised that Margot Robbie backs the SAG-AFTRA strike—she has deep roots in Australia’s labor movement.
Activists Continue to Fight Against ‘Cop City’ Construction Despite Challenges
As the fight continues to stop the construction of an 85-acre police training complex, organizers pursue a ballot referendum but are concerned about crackdown.
55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
New fact sheets by the Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S.…
J4S: The Life and Impact of Daniel Ellsberg (w/ Bob Scheer)
By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Bob Scheer joins us for this episode of Journalists for Sale. Apart from being our awesome boss, Bob is a…
Judge Orders Proud Boys to Pay More Than $1M Over Destruction of Black DC Church’s Property: Report
By Maya Boddie / AlterNet A DC judge has ordered a group of Proud Boys members to pay over $1 million for their role in destroying property belonging to a…
As Movements Like Stop Cop City Gain Power, Police Treat Free Speech as a Crime
This playbook has been used and reused, depending on the political winds of the time.
Freedom or Martyrdom: Walid Daqqah’s Fate Is in Our Hands
The Palestinian Youth Movement calls on the international community to demand the immediate release of Walid Daqqah and expose the illegal nature of his imprisonment.
Remembering The Legend: Indispensable Truth Seeker Daniel Ellsberg
Remembering the legendary life of a rare legend in American history.
Warnock Probes Whether State Trampled Free Speech Rights of Cop City Protesters
Even while raising concerns over free speech, however, Warnock praised the law enforcement involved in the case.
Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections for Striking. Only Jackson Dissented.
Unions still have the right to strike, but eight Supreme Court members erected barriers to that fundamental right.