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.
Africa: Untapped Ally for the Palestinian Cause – Israel’s Awareness and Africa’s Orphaned Status
By Miko Peled / MintPress News Africa could potentially be the much-needed ally for the Palestinian cause, and Israel is well aware of this fact. However, the issue lies in…
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.
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.
Why There’s No Peace Movement From the Left in America (w/ Medea Benjamin)
By Briahna Joy Gray / YouTube Briahna Joy Gray speaks to Code Pink co-founder and anti-war activist Madea Benjamin as she returned from Ukraine about what peace really means, and…
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.
[rewind] Julian Bond Was a Radical Long Before MLK
This Feb. 2020 episode of the SI podcast brings two relevant topics into light: Black history and the anti-war movement.
Chris Hedges Report: The ‘Stop Cop City’ Domestic Terror Charges Echo Past Repression of Environmental Activists
The use of domestic terrorism charges against the environmental and animal liberation movements set important precedents for the repression Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement faces today.
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.
New Anti-transgender Laws Will Hurt Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Religious Expression
Montana is not alone in its efforts to introduce and pass anti-transgender legislation. The nationwide civil rights group Human Rights Campaign states that in 2023 alone, more than 450 anti-LGBTQ+…
‘The Whole World Is Watching’: Atlanta City Council Approves Cop City Funding
"We're here pleading our case to a government that has been unresponsive, if not hostile, to an unprecedented movement in our City Council's history," one opponent of the police training…
Progressive Groups Sue Mississippi Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Anti-Protest Law
"We should not have to risk arrest and imprisonment for exercising our constitutional rights, including freedom of speech and equal protection under the law," asserted one of the plaintiffs.
Lessons From Transgender Stonewall Icon Miss Major on Survival and Hope
A new book explores how Miss Major has persevered over six inspiring decades on the frontlines of the queer and trans liberation movement.
The Slow Ethnic Cleansing of Ein Samiya’s Bedouin Community
Israeli settlers and military systematically made life unbearable for the Bedouin community living in the West Bank's Ein Samiya region. On May 22 they were forced to leave their lands…