Newest Activism

• Thekaekara: Has the Dalit uprising in Gujarat given birth to a movement?

  There has never been such a concerted show of Dalit strength
• Moberg: Fight for $15 Organizers Tell SEIU: We Need $15 and a Union

  At a time when the labor movement is especially vulnerable, unions need to avoid any grounds that could cost them public support—especially in a campaign as promising and crucial as the Fight for $15
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  Benjamin: ‘There will be a hawk in the White House’

  There are no illusions this time, like there were with Obama. So let’s get started building a new anti-war movement, one that is diverse, intergenerational, and closely linked with other key struggles
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  Sturgis: A strike at the heart of the prison-industrial complex

  Date on which prisoners across the U.S. are planning to...
• Kitwana: Arresting Development

  What all of these activists have in common is that they are first-time offenders facing serious charges—and they have all been on the frontlines of direct-action protests in their own communities
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  Bradbury: Postal Contract Narrows the Gap between Tiers

  “For the first time, I felt included in my own future at the Postal Service”
• Reed Jr.: The Battle Over Trump’s Taj Mahal Is a Battle for Us All

  What those striking are now bravely confronting in Atlantic City should resonate deeply with American workers, their unions, and beyond
• Contributors: Dream Defenders Statement on the Condemnation of M4BL Platform by Some Pro-Israel Groups

  We remain steadfast in our condemnation of the State of Israel and their illegal occupation of the Palestinian people’s homeland no matter the consequence
• Jaffe: North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux aren’t backing down to oil pipeline developers

  On Thursday, nonviolent protesters outside North Dakota’s Standing Rock Sioux reservation entered their second day of confrontation with private security and local law enforcement
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  Albert: Our Revolution!?

  Ideally "Our Revolution" would emerge from well organized neighborhoods and workplaces proposing wonderful structure and program
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  Feffer: Keep Elites Accountable, But Don’t Dumb the Issues Down

  Complex global challenges require committed activists who stand on principle as well as experts on the inside who can play the political game
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  Lesher: Bds Doesn’t Delegimitize Israel, Mr. Prime Minister – Your Effort To Ban It Does

  The nonviolent anti-occupation campaign can never threaten Israel; it can only improve it
• Moody: The Rank and File’s Paper of Record

  The history of Labor Notes shows that labor’s strength — and socialists’ relevance — depend on a militant and independent rank and file
• Contributors: “Y’all Take it From Here:” Delegates from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Champion the Movement for Black Lives Lives

  Last month, delegates from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) shared their enthusiastic support for the Movement for Black Lives (MBL) and Black Lives Matter
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  Zirin: Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure

  On the mat, Rafaela Silva won for her marginalized favela. In the streets, activists are winning the right to protest
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  Baroud: Divide and Rule: How Factionalism in Palestine Is Killing Prospect for Freedom

  For Israel, Palestinian factionalism is a central piece in its strategy to divide and rule. Sadly, many Palestinians are playing along, and by doing so are jeopardizing their own salvation
• Adetiba: Black Lives Matter Turns Spotlight On How Police Unions Shield Bad Cops

  Two activist groups, Black Lives Matter and the Black Youth...
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  Feffer: Keep Elites Accountable, But Don’t Dumb the Issues Down

  Complex global challenges require committed activists who stand on principle as well as experts on the inside who can play the political game
• Kilgore: Is the Fight to End Mass Incarceration Wasting Away in Washington?

  "We cannot 'fix' the police without a revolution of values and radical change to the basic structure of our society… There’s an unfinished revolution waiting to be won”
• Gil de los Santos: Spain: Podemos MP on understanding transversality

  Pushed to the limit, and having discovered the establishment’s deception, popular movements took to the streets to get rid of those who put their own interests above the social majority