Politics & activism The rise of resistance and resilience to tear gas Tear gas turns the square, the march and the public assembly into a toxic space. By Anna Feigenbaum / 27 Jul 2018
Politics & activism Remembering Dorothy Cotton, freedom educator We need to believe ourselves capable of something greater than the dehumanizing roles our society has given us. By Lucas Johnson / 12 Jul 2018
Politics & activism Building a different form of power: young people’s voices from California’s Central Valley We are proud to be Black and Brown, we are proud to be immigrants and refugees, and we are thriving. By Pacita Rudder / 26 Jun 2018
Politics & activism What we can really learn from Gandhi? Social struggle calls for true transformation, a trading in of old lives for new. By Chris Moore-Backman / 21 Jun 2018
Environment Eight lessons from climate organizing for today’s youth-led movements As a young person, there’s nothing less empowering than listening to an older person tell you how real activism was done in the 1960s. By Nick Engelfried / 14 Jun 2018
Politics & activism Is it time for voluntary poverty? Alternative forms of charity could have a deeper impact on the forces that underpin moral and social transformation. By Ghazal Tipu / 30 May 2018
Europe Fifty years later, the spirit of the Catonsville Nine lives on Those who burned hundreds of draft files to protest the Vietnam War deserve to be honored, remembered and emulated. By Frida Berrigan / 25 May 2018
Politics & activism Can antifa build an effective broad-based anti-fascist movement? Using violence and suppressing free speech is no way to build a just society. By Brian Martin and Sue Curry Jansen / 3 May 2018
Politics & activism The US teachers strike in historical perspective Previous waves of unrest offer clues to the possible regeneration of the American labor movement. By Steven Parfitt / 1 May 2018
Cultural politics Sacred activism: a movement for global healing Our natural sense of interdependence has been replaced by an addictive focus on personal short-term profit. By Martin Winiecki / 24 Apr 2018
Politics & activism How do you tell the kids that Grandma is in jail for resisting nuclear weapons? “Wait, these nuclear weapons…They are war things?” Seamus asked. “Yep, they are war things bud.” “Good for grandma.” By Frida Berrigan / 19 Apr 2018
Politics & activism What Standing Rock gave the world The Indigenous struggle that goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth was made visible for everyone. By Jenni Monet / 11 Apr 2018
