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Why Did I Name It “Dear White People?”
Why Did I Name It “Dear White People?”
“I have a problem with your title, like…why do you feel the need to tell black stories for white audiences and not for your own community?” A young black man in the front row wanted to know, his arms folded, as if he’d come to ask that question and promptly leave before my...
Justin Simien · 2,391 views · 100%
Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
Trump Is the Symptom, Not the Disease
The persecution of Mumia Abu-Jamal, MOVE members and all the radicals of four decades ago is not ancient history. It is the genesis of the present.
Chris Hedges · 9,575 views · 100%
Getting Assange: the Untold Story
Getting Assange: the Untold Story
Julian Assange has been vindicated because the Swedish case against him was corrupt. The prosecutor, Marianne Ny, obstructed justice and should be prosecuted. Her obsession with Assange not only embarrassed her colleagues and the judiciary but exposed the Swedish state’s...
John Pilger · 11,649 views · 88%
Scaling Up: Ideas about Participatory Democracy
Scaling Up: Ideas about Participatory Democracy
A common objection against participatory democracy is that, yes, it is a beautiful idea, but it can only work at the local level, like the neighborhood, the small town or the village. Our modern world is too complex, too global and interconnected – and we are simply too many...
Sveinung Legard · 3,420 views · unrated
The Grenfell Tower Fire Could Have Been Avoided
The Grenfell Tower Fire Could Have Been Avoided
This Government Must Be Held Responsible
Mona Kamal · 8,346 views · 100%
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
Juneteenth: Praise the Lorde, Audre Lorde
Happy father’s day to the fathers, and to our fathers’ fathers, and their fathers’ fathers, and all the way back to Grandfather Sky. Past there to before there were fathers, because all was just ONE.
Tai Amri Spann-Ryan · 8,788 views · 100%
Is Property Destruction an Effective Tactic? The Suffragette Movement Reveals Important Lessons for Today
Is Property Destruction an Effective Tactic? The Suffragette Movement Reveals Important Lessons for Today
“Suffragette” tells a gripping story drawn from the direct action wing of Britain’s woman suffrage movement. Because it spotlights one tactic – property destruction – the film raises the question of effectiveness. Leader Emmeline Pankhurst’s argument for escalating with arson...
George Lakey · 2,614 views · unrated
Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
Letter From a Birmingham Jail (1963)
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. · 3,985 views · unrated
14 Reflections on the 2017 DSA Convention
14 Reflections on the 2017 DSA Convention
In order for the Democratic Socialists of America’s 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...
Michael Stivers · 1,558 views · unrated
Historian: Trump Defends White Supremacy to Maintain Elite Power Structure
Historian: Trump Defends White Supremacy to Maintain Elite Power Structure
Dr. Gerald Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war...
12 min · 4,179 views · 100%
Towards a Tranformative Anti-Fascism
Towards a Tranformative Anti-Fascism
The Relevance of Radicalized Peacebuilding to Antifa Praxis
Emmi Bevensee · 4,772 views · 100%
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide
Hate in America has become commonplace. What can we do to stop the hate?
The Southern Poverty Law Center · 2,157 views · unrated
Is There Any Point to Protesting?
Is There Any Point to Protesting?
We turn out in the streets and nothing seems to happen. Maybe we’re doing it wrong.
Nathan Heller · 5,192 views · 75%
Why We Should Teach About the FBI’s War on the Civil Rights Movement
Why We Should Teach About the FBI’s War on the Civil Rights Movement
Mainstream textbooks almost entirely ignore COINTELPRO. Though COINTELPRO offers teachers a trove of opportunities to illustrate key concepts, including the rule of law, civil liberties, social protest, and due process, it is completely absent from my school’s government book.
Ursula Wolfe-Rocca · 5,585 views · unrated
We Can't Transform American Politics Till We Understand the Psychodynamics at Play
We Can't Transform American Politics Till We Understand the Psychodynamics at Play
I’m republishing this article I wrote a few months before the 2016 election because it contains an analysis which is absolutely essential for anyone who wishes to participate in transforming American political, economic, social, cultural and intellectual reality. Some of it...
Rabbi Michael Lerner · 2,827 views · 100%
Thinking Strategically About Free Speech and Violence
Thinking Strategically About Free Speech and Violence
We should be careful before embracing ideas that might lead to catastrophe…
Nathan J. Robinson · 9,547 views · 100%
AI Has Already Taken Over - It's Called the Corporation
AI Has Already Taken Over - It's Called the Corporation
Futurists warning about the threats of AI are looking in the wrong place. Humanity is already facing an existential threat from an artificial intelligence we created hundreds of years ago. It’s called the Corporation.
Jeremy Lent · 7,037 views · unrated
When We Fight, We Win
When We Fight, We Win
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
CELDF · 2,628 views · 100%
The Promise of a Million Utopias
The Promise of a Million Utopias
This paper by Michael Shuman, published alongside three others, is one of many proposals for a systemic alternative we have published or will be publishing here at the Next System Project. You can read it below, or download the PDF. We have commissione
Michael Shuman · 4,040 views · unrated
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says “State” instead of “Country” (the Framers knew the difference – see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was necessary to get Virginia’s vote.  Founders...
Thom Hartmann · 39,458 views · 96%
Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation: a Sociocratic Perspective
Manifesto for Wholesome Cooperation: a Sociocratic Perspective
Humans organize themselves in groups to reach common objectives
SoFA Coop Circle · 5,058 views · unrated
Farewell, Not Goodbye: Leaving Diem25 (Or “We Need to Talk About Democracy, Transparency, Feminism, and Assange.”)
Farewell, Not Goodbye: Leaving Diem25 (Or “We Need to Talk About Democracy, Transparency, Feminism, and Assange.”)
This is not a post I ever wanted to write but it’s time to tie up loose ends before starting the new year. I’ve left DiEM25 and I’d like to explain to you why that is and what I hope DiEM will do differently in the future if it is to realise its tremendous potential to be a...
Aral Balkan · 1,435 views · 88%
Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today's Massacre in Gaza
Israel Repurposes Nakba Myths to Justify Today's Massacre in Gaza
The only legitimate struggle for Palestinians, it seems, is keeping quiet, allowing their lands to be plundered and their children to be starved.
Jonathan Cook · 6,505 views · unrated
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
The Role of Shame in Shaping and Undermining Activist Communities
For many marginalized people, social justice communities are an essential form of social and emotional support. They can bring the oppressed and isolated together and help keep them afloat in a world that is at turns indifferent and cruel. While these communities often aim to...
Prefigurology · 20,108 views · unrated
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
Media coverage of tragedies like shootings and bombings is frequently politicized, particularly when jihadism is a factor in perpetrators’ motives. In its coverage of the recent outbreak of conspiracy-fueled far-right wing terrorism, however, many media outlets have rushed to...
Justin Anderson · 1,437 views · unrated
We Can Restore Democracy by Disrupting Politics. Here's How.
We Can Restore Democracy by Disrupting Politics. Here's How.
First, you have to admit that you have a problem . . . Hi there. If you are here, it is probably because you have come to the conclusion that our political system is no longer “fixable” by ordinary means and that some sort of deep structural changes need to be made. If you...
Jordan Hall · 2,625 views · 75%
The Green New Deal Goes Viral: What's Next Is up to Us
The Green New Deal Goes Viral: What's Next Is up to Us
Ted Franklin argues that climate activists must seize the time and get to work on the Green New Deal proposal.
Ted Franklin · 1,026 views · unrated
The State of the Spirit, 2018
The State of the Spirit, 2018
1. The State of the Spirit, 2018
Rabbi Michael Lerner · 2,075 views · unrated
The Public Ownership Solution
The Public Ownership Solution
The US has a surprisingly large amount of public ownership. But in order for it to truly serve the social good, it must be expanded — and democratized.
Thomas M. Hanna · 1,950 views · 69%
Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility
Extinction Illness: Grave Affliction and Possibility
[Editor’s Note: We at Tikkun have been proud to have articles from Deena Metzger, whose novel A Rain of Night Birds was reviewed on our website by Cynthia Travis on October 11, 2018. In this piece, Metzger captures the grief and pain we all experience living at a time of...
Deena Metzger · 1,309 views · unrated
It Is Clear the Establishment and Corporate Media Would Prefer Trump Reelection to President Bernie Sanders
It Is Clear the Establishment and Corporate Media Would Prefer Trump Reelection to President Bernie Sanders
"One of Sanders' campaign slogans is 'Not me. Us.' That thought literally needs to become reality if Sanders is to address the challenges that await him."
William Grover · 1,877 views · unrated
Why You Should Take a Chance on the Socialist
Why You Should Take a Chance on the Socialist
The media is trying very hard to send a certain presidential campaign down the memory hole. They omit it from infographics. They decline to report its policy announcements (like the excellent Thurgood Marshall Plan for public education,
Paul Waters-Smith · 1,327 views · unrated
Black Politics After 2016
Black Politics After 2016
Many pundits and scholars have remarked on how the 2016 election reflected the significance of race in American politics. One strain of commentary to that effect contends that Trump’s election revealed a deep commitment to racism among white voters, especially working-class...
Adolph Reed, Jr · 646 views · unrated
Five Ways to Curb the Power of Corporations and Billionaires
Five Ways to Curb the Power of Corporations and Billionaires
We need to rein in the destructive power of corporations and billionaires before it’s too late. These five ideas would do that, while leaving global capitalism intact. Ultimately, only a complete transformation of our economic system will save our future, but these proposals...
Jeremy Lent · 4,346 views · unrated
Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes
Noam Chomsky: You Don't Stop with the Lesser Evil. You Begin with It, to Prevent the Worst. Then You Deal with the Root Causes
“There’s another word for lesser evilism. It’s called rationality. Lesser evilism is not an illusion, it’s a rational position. But you don’t stop with lesser evilism. You begin with it, to prevent the worst, and then you go on to deal with the fundamental roots of what’s...
Noam Chomsky and Robert Scheer and Natasha Hakimi Zapata · 6,388 views · 100%
Conversing with Nature: The Linguistic Roots of Environmental Consciousness
Conversing with Nature: The Linguistic Roots of Environmental Consciousness
A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college students wandering the hilly paths...
Robin Wall Kimmerer · 1,465 views · unrated
Agenda 21: the UN, Sustainability and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Agenda 21: the UN, Sustainability and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
Virtually none of the outlandish claims about Agenda 21 are true. Yet, as with all such baseless propaganda, the hysteria over it has had the effect of poisoning any kind of rational discussion of the very real challenges we face — challenges that are essential to tackle...
Heidi Beirich · 3,240 views · unrated
Youth Leadership Gave Biden a "Cheat Sheet" for Winning the Support of Young Progressives
Youth Leadership Gave Biden a "Cheat Sheet" for Winning the Support of Young Progressives
Not all of them. But enough to potentially beat Trump.
Films For Action · 5,658 views · 100%
Biden Vs. Trump: Are We In or Out?
Biden Vs. Trump: Are We In or Out?
The next few months are decision time for the left.
Whitney Maxey · 1,152 views · unrated
What We Demand and Why We Can't Wait
What We Demand and Why We Can't Wait
Eleven Demands of the Protest Movement to Save the United States of America
Matthew R. Bishop · 701 views · 88%
A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History
A Vision of Creation: Progress in the Long View of History
The arc of history is long and tiresome, but the events of the past are never as far away as we would like to believe they are. To understand where we are going, we must reflect on where we’ve been. In doing so, we will find the troubles of the past are not yet laid behind us...
Matthew R. Bishop · 2,085 views · 75%
Open Letter to Bernie, the Squad and Progressive US Lawmakers: State Repression of the Farmers’ Movement in India
Open Letter to Bernie, the Squad and Progressive US Lawmakers: State Repression of the Farmers’ Movement in India
An open letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen Ed Markey, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Rep. AOC, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Cori Bush, fmr Sen. Nina Turner, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Rep. Ro Khanna...
Saib Bilaval · 4,742 views · 75%
Break the Endless Cycle of Violence
Break the Endless Cycle of Violence
A few thoughts on a Sunday morning.
Josh Liveright · 1,251 views · 75%
Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth?
Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth?
Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican politicians. Untold millions will die and suffer as a result, but will their ever be one iota of accountability?
Thom Hartmann · 330 views · unrated
A Progressive Call to Arms: Laboratories of Democracy
A Progressive Call to Arms: Laboratories of Democracy
The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Throughout the history of our nation, this amendment has...
Keeling Baker · 322 views · unrated
13 Principles for a Welcoming Movement
13 Principles for a Welcoming Movement
If we want to build a broad-based movement, a regenerative movement that can heal and renew the world, a movement that attracts people as they really are, not just as we think they should be, a set of guiding principles can be helpful. Here are thirteen, to start with.
Starhawk · 885 views · 100%
Trump is Dead Serious About Becoming a Dictator
Trump is Dead Serious About Becoming a Dictator
In a new interview with NBC News Trump refused to rule out a third presidential run in defiance of the 22nd Amendment. He also clarified that his past statements about running for a third time were intended to be taken seriously. Moreover, Republican operatives are trying to...
14 min · 609 views · unrated
Restoring Lies and Insanity to American History
Restoring Lies and Insanity to American History
The assault on historical memory by the Trump administration is designed to obliterate our shared understanding of reality and whitewash the crimes of the past to whitewash the crimes of the present.
Chris Hedges · 647 views · unrated
Chris Hedges: Trumpland
Chris Hedges: Trumpland
The corporate coup d'état and collapse of American democracy began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.
16 min · 872 views · unrated
A Localism Manifesto
A Localism Manifesto
With this manifesto, we are putting national governments everywhere on notice. We are not going away. We will become bolder in our local experiments and in our challenges to your authority.
Michael Shuman · 436 views · unrated
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
Can Nonviolent Struggle Defeat a Dictator? This Database Emphatically Says Yes
The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.
George Lakey · 1,908 views · unrated
Trump’s Greatest Ally Is the Democratic Party
Trump’s Greatest Ally Is the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
Chris Hedges · 945 views · unrated
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Eugene V. Debs, Defender of American Liberty
Released from jail on this day 130 years ago, the great socialist and labor leader delivered a speech we would do well to remember in these perilous times.
Jeffrey C. Isaac · 431 views · unrated
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
Robert Reich · 406 views · unrated
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again
Autopsy Results: Why the Democrats Lost in 2024—And How to Start Winning Again
Without a full and honest accounting of the Harris campaign and the Democratic Party’s myriad failures, there can be little realistic hope of defeating Trumpist authoritarianism in the future.
Christopher D. Cook · 2,582 views · unrated
American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning
American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning
More than 100 democratic socialist elected officials, staffers, and organizers from across the US met in New Orleans for the How We Win conference last weekend. The gathering demonstrated American socialists’ growing influence and confidence.
Branko Marcetic · 560 views · unrated
We're Making 'Tax the Rich' More Than a Slogan
We're Making 'Tax the Rich' More Than a Slogan
Taxing the rich should bring a smile to your face. It certainly brings one to mine.
Max Page · 185 views · unrated
Lawless Strikes Off Venezuela Threaten Justice at Home
Lawless Strikes Off Venezuela Threaten Justice at Home
​We are drifting from a system based on legal principles to one in which the will of a single leader determines who is guilty and who is innocent, and who lives and who dies.
Brian Garvey · 112 views · unrated
For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
For People of Color, Citizenship Offers No Protection Against ICE’s Techno Terrorism
The only thing that definitively clears suspicion for ICE is biometric identification. The presumption is that people may lie, documents may be forged, but biometric scans are objective and certain. People are guilty until an algorithm proves them innocent.
Jordan Liz · 688 views · unrated
Report Details Trump's Rapid Escalation Toward Authoritarianism in First Year of Second Term
Report Details Trump's Rapid Escalation Toward Authoritarianism in First Year of Second Term
A year into Trump's second term, Amnesty International warns of escalating authoritarian practices in the US. Will we stand by as human rights are eroded, or will we take action to protect our democracy and the rights of all?
Julia Conley · 417 views · unrated
Federal Agent Tells Maine ICE Observer She's Going in 'Nice Little Database' for 'Domestic Terrorists'
Federal Agent Tells Maine ICE Observer She's Going in 'Nice Little Database' for 'Domestic Terrorists'
Federal agent in Maine labels legal observer a "domestic terrorist" for recording, sparking outrage.
Brad Reed · 481 views · unrated
The Last Election
The Last Election
The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception.
Chris Hedges · 923 views · unrated
Strike, Strike, Strike
Strike, Strike, Strike
The mounting social inequality is fueling protests around the globe. The global ruling class is determined to prevent these protests from employing the weapon that can bring them down — strikes.
Chris Hedges · 509 views · unrated
Arming Ourselves Isn’t the Answer to Rising Authoritarianism
Arming Ourselves Isn’t the Answer to Rising Authoritarianism
Firearms may feel like instruments of resistance, but they do not create the collective capacity required to confront either state or corporate power. Organized labor—strikes, boycotts, mass noncompliance, & withdrawal of labor—by contrast, operates at the level Friedrich...
Rachel Hoopsick · 867 views · unrated
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