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Anti-Fracking Activists Celebrate Ruling Against Major Pipeline
Court ruling "gives hope across the country for people facing the onslaught of oil and gas infrastructure."
Homo Icarus: the Depreciating Value of Whiteness and the Place of Healing
In the wake of the Charlottesville incident, we must understand that the kind of work that needs to happen now, in order for racial healing to take place, will not be held by the combative punditry of CNN or be championed by the White House and the mass culture of occlusion...
Beyond Beautiful: Can't a Woman Be Both Ugly and Valuable?
How far can body positivity take us in the fight for womens liberation?
This Impassioned Post by a Charlottesville Resident Sets The Record Straight
I would like to make what I hope is my last post on this before I try to go forward with my life after this weekend.
A Reformed White Nationalist Speaks Out on Charlottesville
Christian Picciolini, former White Nationalist and founder of Life After Hate, talks to NPRs All Things Considered about his reaction to what unfolded in Charlottesville over the weekend, and about the divisiveness that's been growing in the country over the past several months.
The Sex Workers Who Are Stopping HIV
Sex workers in Mozambique are providing health support to those at the margins of society. They face political and financial challenges, but against the odds they are helping thousands. Jules Montague reports.
Drawing Equivalencies Between Fascists and Anti-Fascists Is Not Just Wrong, It's Dangerous
We must be very wary of any attempts to excuse or normalize white supremacy.
Charlottesville Was Not a “Protest Turned Violent,” It Was a Planned Race Riot
Isnt it time for the media to be honest and call white supremacists the domestic terrorists that they are?
If You Think Antifa is 'Just as Bad' You Probably Aren't Aware of This Long List of Attacks by The Alt-Right
An annoymous poster to Antifa International writes: you antifa guys are actually more hateful and violent than any neo nazi group in the 21st century. its fucking disgusting and you should be branded as terrorists just as much as the KKK Antifa International responds: Wed
Stokes Croft: The Saga of One British Neighbourhood Reveals the Perverse Injustices of Gentrification
Nowhere is the sharp injustice of gentrification so grossly demonstrated as in Stokes Croft. With its world renowned street art and buzzing local scene, this area is the main fount of culture and creativity, which has propelled the city of Bristol to international fame. For...
White Supremacists Get Schooled in This Incredible Viral Twitter Thread
Twitter user @JuliusGoat posted this incredible thread in response to the Unite The Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, and quickly got hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes. Read it and share widely, it's epic!
Proud Mother Says Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer 'Was About Stopping Hatred'
"I want her death to be a rallying cry for justice and equality and fairness and compassion," says mother of Heather Heyer. "No mother wants to lose a child, but I'm proud of her."
The Future of Activism
The times certainly are a-changing.
Reporting on Climate Change Is Harmful if You're Not Offering Solutions
Once-celebrated author and thinker Daniel Pinchbeck can't find an audience for his new book. He has a few ideas why.
Why Use Creative Commons Licenses?
Even though Creative Commons licenses have been around for more than a decade, I am always surprised to learn that many progressive-minded activists, artists and academics the people who should be most enthusiastic about the licenses know nothing about them or at least dont...
A 'No Nukes' Nation to Trump: Resign!
In the shadow of Santa Monicas legendary Chain Reaction monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!!
Dismantling Power: the Zapatista Indigenous Presidential Candidate's Vision to Transform Mexico From Below
"Patricio's candidacy and radical vision for Mexico challenges conventional politics and marks a new phase for the Zapatista and indigenous struggle in the country."
14 Reflections on the 2017 DSA Convention
In order for the Democratic Socialists of Americas 2017 Convention to be successful, three major tasks needed to be accomplished this past weekend. 1. Members needed to develop meaningful relationships with comrades from around the country. 2. Members had to participate in...
Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
How Bosses Are (Literally) Like Dictators
Americans think they live in a democracy. But their workplaces are small tyrannies.
Why Does Our Culture Focus So Much on Childbirth and So Little on The Time After?
Kathleen Kendall-Tackett examines how other cultures protect new mothers well-being.
Globalization's Blowback
Before casting the blame for our environmental ills on countries like China, we would do well to reflect on who is truly responsible.
A Turning Point on the Left? Libertarian Socialist Caucus Debuts at Democratic Socialist Conference
The Democratic Socialists of America, a traditionally progressive socialist organization founded in 1982, has seen its membership increasefrom roughly 5,000 to 25,000 members in the past year following the Bernie Sanders campaign and the subsequent election of Trump. Now...
Four Kinds of Dystopia
The twentieth century saw four basic visions of hell on earth, or dystopia. These were:
Trump-Turnbull Call: Trading People Like Pawns Undermines the Goals of International Co-Operation
What is the point of international co-operation in matters of shared concern? According to theUN Charter, its founding member nations were determined to achieve overarching societal progress based on human rights.
Capitalism's Excesses Belong in the Dustbin of History. What's Next Is up to Us
Its time to dethrone capitalisms single-minded directive and replace it with a more balanced logic, laying the foundations for a better, more equitable world
Struggling Against All Odds: A Review of Plutocracy III: Class War
Tim Goulet reviews the third installment of the radical working-class history documentary Plutocracy by filmmaker Scott Noble.
Our Activism Must Be Focused on Serving the People
Our organizing can't just speak to the everyday crises of people's lives under capitalism. It has to intervene in them.
But What about the Psychopath?
If something bites you, it is inside of your clothes. Swahili proverb I have argued that change will come not from overcoming the powers-that-be, but through their transformation. I have stated that we are fundamentally the same being l
On Pain, Love and Evil: 3 Profound Insights That Will Open Your Mind Wide
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light wont come in.~Isaac Asimov There are certain moments in life that can transform us in a tremendously positive way. Those are moments when an insight dawns in our minds that...
James Baldwin, Remembered on His 93rd Birthday
James Baldwin was a writer and political activist from Harlem, New York. He explored issues that challenged U.S. empire, racism and homophobia.
How to Not Be Offended
There is an ancient and well-kept secret tohappinesswhich the Great Ones have known for centuries. They rarely talk about it, but they use it all the time, and it is fundamental to good mental health. This secret is calledThe Fine Art of Not Being Offended.
Why Are so Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?
Our political and social systems don't support fundamental human needs, says Gabor Matewhich affects our ability to deal with traumatic events.
Imperialists in Congress Unite! No Gridlock for Sanctions and War
The U.S. Congress does not suffer from endless gridlock as some of the banal liberal pundits and commentators moan about.
Is Property Destruction an Effective Tactic? The Suffragette Movement Reveals Important Lessons for Today
Suffragettetells a gripping story drawn from the direct action wing of Britains woman suffrage movement. Because it spotlights one tactic property destruction the film raises the question of effectiveness. Leader Emmeline Pankhursts argument for escalating with arson and...
A Manual for a New Era of Direct Action
Movement manuals can be useful. Marty Oppenheimer and I found that out in 1964 when civil rights leaders were too busy to write a manual but wanted one. We wrote A Manual for Direct Action just in time for Mississippi Freedom Summer. Bayard Rustin wrote the forward. Some...
Are We Doomed? Let’s Have a Talk.
We're not all ready to have the same conversation, but perhaps that's a good place to start
War, Profiteering Push Over 2 Billion to Lack Safe Drinking Water
A new UN report has found that two billion people around the world do not have access to clean drinking water. However, the report covers just a small part of the global population and fails to address the impact that war and corporate profiteering have had on drinking water...
How Seattle Voted to Tax the Rich
Seattle further cemented its reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. last week, when its City Council passed a law to tax the rich, sponsored by socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant along with Councilmember Lisa Herbold. The law places a 2.25% tax...
Pentagon Study Declares American Empire Is ‘Collapsing’
Report demands massive expansion of military-industrial complex to maintain global access to resources
How My Prejudice Redeemed Me From Believing I Was Essentially Good
The screen froze as yet another announcement crept into the cabin from the overhead speakers and through my headphones. I swore beneath my breath. For the umpteenth time, the captain spoke with that strange in-flight inaudibility and cadence: with muffled, static-beleaguered...
Radical Municipalism: The Future We Deserve
Only a global confederation of rebel cities can lead us out of the death-spiral of neoliberalism towards a new rational society that delivers on the promise of humankind.
America’s Trump, Not Trump’s America
Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy rotten system. Dorothy Day Strong words from a brave woman unknown to most Americans because her bravery and boldness didnt just concern a minority group but all of humanity. She demanded radical change in a system and...
123 Subversive Documentaries That Challenge the Status Quo
Now that there are thousands of films on Films For Action, we realized the very best gems have really become buried all across our library, and for people new to this information, weneeded a more guided way to dive in. Spread across 15 core themes, this collection aims to be...
Study Calls for Rapid "Negative Emissions" as Scientist Warns "Shit's Hitting the Fan"
New study, led by James Hansen, is meant to bolster climate kids' case against the federal government
Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals
Would you advise someone to flap towels in a burning house? To bring a flyswatter to a gunfight? Yet the counsel we hear on climate change could scarcely be more out of sync with the nature of the crisis.
How Modern Imperialism Creates Famine Around the World
Countries like Yemen, Chad and South Sudan have been devastated by famine and starvation in recent years, with millions of people suffering despite a global surplus of food. But the problem is not a lack of resources - they are starving due to the effects of unending Western...
Jiddu Krishnamurti Teaches Us To Do What We Love and Love What We Do
Jiddu Krishnamurti knew a thing or two about fame. As a 13 year-old boy in India, he was not discovered by a record producer or casting agent, but by one of the leaders of theTheosophical Society.The young
Is It Really Not Racist to Oppose Immigration?
In a wide-ranging interview about Britains relationship with Europe and the ongoing migration crisis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that people who raise questions about the level of immigration into the UK should not be seen as racist. He said that to be...
Fred Perry, Proud Boys, and the Semiotics of Fashion
Over the past week the Proud Boys, a self-described "Western chauvinist" organization whose members are tired of apologizing for "creating the modern world", have garnered media attention. Along withthe disruption of an Aboriginal ceremony in Halifaxby Proud Boy servicemen...
The Speech Racists Didn't Want You to Hear
Fox News tried to intimidate Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor from speaking. Now we're printing her words in full.
How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the ‘1 Percent’
While many of us workto create a better world, its worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. Sweden and Norway, for example, both experienced a major power shift in...
Marginalized People Don't Need Politeness, They Need Power
Theres an ever-percolating fight happening in left-of-center spaces about the tactics of the call out and shaming culture. This fight is rarely productive. Critics of those tactics argue they are counterproductive; defenders counter that these critics are really just...
The Problem Isn't Trump, It's the Neoliberal Democrats
Over the Fourth of July weekend, thousands of protesters in dozens of cities across the country turned out to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. While I certainly sympathize with the sentiment, if we want to make real change for the better than we need to...
One Graph Shows How Morally Outraged Tweets Stay Within Their Political Bubble
Thousands of people around the world have excitedly made a forceful political point with a well-honed and witty tweet. All it takes is 140 characters to make a pithy argument, and man it feels good to get a few retweets.
On Left Activism: Breaking Up Is Easy, but Sticking Together? That's the Real Test of One's Ideals
There is good reason for people on the left to have divisiveness on their minds.In the news and on social media, the leftists that are shown most often are those that are ranting and raging at each other, calling each other out over this badly-phrased thought or that...
Meet the School That Hates Rules
Most students are told to be seen and not heard. Democratic schools offer a refreshing alternative.
Are You Ready to Consider That Capitalism Is the Real Problem?
Before you say no, take a moment to really ask yourself whether its the system thats best suited to build our future society.
Why the US and Britain Are Not Democracies
Surely the United States and Britain are democracies. After all, they have free and fair elections and representative governments; freedom of speech and association means that dissent and demonstrations are tolerated; all citizens are deemed equal before the law; and...
The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism
Fighting capitalism remains the only path toward womens full liberation.