Tag: grassroots movement
Will Trump’s mania to slice and dice the right help or...
Whatever the Georgia results, progressives still need more non-stop, grassroots consciousness-raising and many more elected lawmakers everywhere.
From the grassroots to the ballot box: How gubernatorial candidate Andrew...
On the campaign trail, Gillum called for Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, reforming the criminal justice system, repealing Florida’s “stand your ground” law and increasing corporate taxes.
Sanders backers win major reforms as Democratic Nat’l Committee votes to...
Democrats voted to vastly reduce the power of superdelegates in choosing the party’s presidential nominee.
Victory in superdelegates fight means: Grassroots can win
Leadership must come from the grassroots. That’s how superdelegates met their long-overdue demise.
Grassroots fighters for the Arctic Refuge take the case to DC
We must stand for the protection of the Arctic Refuge and ask our representatives to do the same.
50 years after 1968, can the young change politics? A striking...
“When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.”
Meet the socialist marine and anti-police brutality protester who won Democratic...
Can the emergence of non-traditional candidates help revive a faltering Democratic Party that is facing its lowest approval rating in nearly a quarter century?
A Model for Democracy at the Grassroots Level
A grassroots movement in Iowa is an uplifting example of organized people power in action taking back democracy. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is fighting the avarice and arrogance of big-money corporations.
Grassroots Democracy-Building in Iowa
Democracy is never a given—it has to be won through constant struggle against the elites. But one coalition called Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is uniting and empowering people to push back against big-money corporations.
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Biden signs executive order to protect 30 percent of country’s lands and ocean waters...
The 30x30 goal is said to be part of Biden's larger plan to preserve wildlife and combat global warming.
Freedom of thought and the death of ideologies
Unity is the key element in any such shift — the required guiding principle underlying the development of existing systems and modes of living.
Essential work and the struggle for $15
“Why don’t we stop treating it as entirely normal that the more obviously one’s work benefits others, the less one is likely to be paid for it.”
‘Shameful’: Millionaire senators vote against popular minimum wage raise that would lift millions out...
"It is baffling that any member of the U.S. Senate could look at the crisis this country is enduring and decide that tens of millions of low-income workers should not get a raise."
Former State Dept aide arrested for participating in Capitol riots
Federico Klein was arrested on charges that include unlawful entry, violent and disorderly conduct, obstructing Congress and law enforcement, and assaulting an officer with a dangerous weapon.