Tag: activists
Mother’s Day pivots to peace
"No matter what you do it will never amount to anything but a single drop in a limitless ocean. What is an ocean but a multitude of drops.”
What social movements can learn from the ‘innovator’s dilemma’
Organizers can borrow ideas from the business world about where to look for innovation, and about how our movement ecology can make space for it.
146 Land and Environmental Defenders killed or disappeared in 2024
The findings expose a persistent global crisis that has claimed 2,253 lives since 2012, and show that violence against those protecting land, forests, and communities continues with little sign of justice.
More carnival than warzone—the LA protests aren’t what you’ve heard
Social media posts show LA protesters using creativity, humor, joy and even patriotism to express their disapproval of Trump’s immigration raids.
Supreme Court urged to hear youth climate case after 43 lawmakers...
Lawmakers support youth-led lawsuit demanding government accountability on climate policies.
11 communications rules for activists to live by
Advice learned through 50 years of progressive media activism.
Activists in Philly have a novel approach to help de-oppress society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s AORTA helps organizations restructure for greater equity.
Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in...
As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.
How to build a culture of support so leaders and movements...
Imagine for a moment how it would would feel to have more dedicated support. What might be possible with a team at your back?
As Noam Chomsky turns 93, he urges young people to create...
He finds hope in the activism of young people “to create a much better world than the one we have.”
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.