César Chávez’s Shadow
Tina Vásquez Prism Revelations that the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union sexually abused young girls and women, including fellow civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, has set off a…
The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
By Susan Raffo for Truthout My partner, an immigrant from Brazil, shows love through acts of service. At first, I was confused. I had been raised to see romantic love,…
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.
Paul Von Blum: A Personal Legacy of Dissent
Paul Von Blum writes about dissent as a personal legacy, how it has defined his life and how it has influenced some of the 40,000 or more students he has…
The Movement to Shut Down Red Hill Forced a Concession from the U.S. Navy. The Fight Continues.
The Indigenous-led Shut Down Red Hill movement forced this concession, but there are still many reasons that the fight against the navy’s occupation of O‘ahu must continue.
Lee Camp: The Dark Secret History of Capitalism
Lee Camp takes on how the capitalist system sits at the heart of the worst problems facing society.
Why We Must Fight to Free Political Prisoners in 2022
As we enter 2022, many activists from BLM and other movements face years in prison. We must build a movement to demand their freedom, both to protect those specific people…
2021 in Review: The Only Way Out is Through
While we celebrate this year’s strikes, we should be sober about how few they still were.
Ten Years Later: Lessons for Today from the Occupy Movement
The Occupy Movement, which took place ten years ago to demonstrate social resistance to harmful systematic policies and practices around the world, has a tremendous impact that is still being…