Newest Activism

• Rameau: Historic Radical Organization Relaunches to Fight Police Oppression

  Interview on the relaunch of the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression, and the start of a national effort to advocate for community control over the police
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  Wittner: Nurses Battle for First Union Contract

  A nonprofit employer is not necessarily a better boss than a profit-making one
• Machtinger: The 2020 Elections and the Anti-War Cause

  The critique of militarism, both at home and abroad, is a crucial part of the resistance to Trump
• Negrón-Gonzales: Seed the Vote: Political Assessment

  Our practical focus is centered on bolstering 2020 electoral efforts to defeat Trump and the GOP in two key states, Nevada and Arizona
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  Winslow: The End of the Era: Nineteen Nineteen

  The workers’ mood had shifted steadily to the left in the strike wave of the decade just ending, resulting in the growth of class consciousness and little interest in cooperation with employers
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  Bricmont: France’s Pension Reform Met with Massive Protests and Strikes

  Millions are protesting the new pension reform, which will force private sector workers to work beyond retirement age in order to gain their full pension rights. Trains, public transport, schools are shut
• des Travailleurs: Strikes Urging Withdrawal of Pension ‘Reform’ Continue

  All the workers share this view: “What we want is its withdrawal.” They will say so forcefully, once again, on 10 December.
• Jorden: Last Straw as Teachers in France Join Nationwide Strike

  The “coup de grâce” for teachers was the Macron administration’s proposed teacher pension reform, in which retirement payments would be calculated based upon salaries earned throughout a teacher’s career rather than their last paychecks
• Sale: Political Collapse: The Center Cannot Hold

  Given the turmoil over wars and immigration threats, it is not surprising that half the world is without coherent government.
• Nakabuye: “It’s Our Future”

  Interview with two youth climate strikers
• King: Green New Deal Supporters Are Showing Up for Workers

  As concepts like a just transition and the ideals encapsulated in the Green New Deal gain traction among progressives, labor union and climate organizers are coordinating around their shared goals
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  Feffer: Inside the Battle for Another World

  Understanding how the new right went global — and how to stop it — is key to keeping our planet habitable
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  Dolan: The Poor Are Fighting Back

  Trump has declared war on the poor, but they are fighting back
• Haidar: Decades of Peaceful Resistance

  For over three decades, Aminatou Haidar has led a peaceful campaign to resist the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, which is often called Africa’s last colony
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  Bello: How the Battle of Seattle Made the Truth About Globalization True

  Twenty years ago, experts refused to see the truth about the dark side of globalization. Then Seattle happened
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  Greeman: French Unions and Yellow Vests Converge, Launch General Strike

  This latest, and most sweeping of Macron’s two years’ string of neo-liberal attacks on social welfare may prove to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back
• Ricks: As Global Inequality Rises, So Are the Movements Fighting It

  A new report gathers insights from over 170 activists on the frontlines of inequality struggles in 23 countries on how to build and sustain their movements
• Hoglen: Building Power And Raising Voices Of Rural Women

  Rural women have served as the educators, healthcare givers, nurturers, and fighters for our community for generations. Now the women of Down Home are carrying forward this torch
• Bikales: Harvard’s Graduate Student Union Begins Strike

  “As the richest University in the country, Harvard can afford to provide good jobs to all of its workers—jobs that take into account the skyrocketing cost-of-living in Boston and the specific concerns and needs of its employees”
• Jarl: My Generation Needs to Say “Enough”

  A Swedish Climate Striker Speaks Out About Fridays For Future