Newest Activism

• Shoemaker: Why I’m Voting No on UAW’s Deal With GM

  A “Third-Tier” Worker Speaks
• el-Fetouh: Will Massive Lebanese Demos end the Country’s Era of Corruption?

  This state has failed in fulfilling its duties and granting the rights of its citizens. The conflict will not end until the people have a non-failing state, a state of justice governed by law rather than families and gangs
• Madeson: Pro-Democracy Movement in Haiti Swells

  Protesters were assaulted on October 11 by police armed with guns, tear gas and water cannons
• Hunziker: XR Co-Founder Discusses Climate Emergency

  Extinction Rebellion intends to continue civil disobedience until governments of the world declare a “climate emergency.” It almost seems as if it’s their fate in life
• McAlevey: Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.

  Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result
• Guemar: The Algerian Hirak

  Young people and the non-violent revolution
• Thigpenn: The Left needs a united front in every state

  This piece is a response to “The Left Needs a Statewide Strategy” written by Eric Blanc and Puya Gerami and published in Jacobin
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  Kelly: Taking Next Steps Toward Nuclear Abolition

  The seven defendants, in everyday life, practice nonviolence while serving people who are often the least cared for in our society
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  Monbiot: Arresting Destruction

  Today, I aim to get arrested. It is the only real power climate protesters have
• Hansen: Tsunami of dissent floods streets of Catalonia

  The uprising against the convictions of Catalan leaders was predicted. But by rioting, parts of the independence movement has entered uncharted territory
• Rebellion: Rebellions don’t end – they regenerate

  ‘Burn-out’ is a major risk in movements such as ours, where our hearts can demand more selfless action at the cost of our own individual well-being. It’s for this reason that regeneration is our third core value
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  Brooks: Privatizers Said It Was Impossible for Chicago Teachers to Strike.

  How Wrong They Were
• Gayle: Extinction Rebellion protester removed from Big Ben’s tower

  Police move in after Ben Atkinson scaled scaffolding on Houses of Parliament
• Madeloni: Chicago Teachers Go Out On Strike Again

  This time, 25,000-member CTU is joined on strike by Service Employees (SEIU) Local 73, which represents 7,500 classroom assistants, bus drivers and aides, security guards, and other support staff
• Patel: How to Resolve the Chicago Teachers Strike

  Tax the Rich
• O'Connell: When German Unions Built Housing for the People

  In postwar Germany, a cooperative run by trade unionists created Europe’s largest housing company. Building over 400,000 homes, “Neue Heimat” showed we don’t have to live on the terms dictated by landlords — we can take control for ourselves
• Juan Perez Jr. and Javonte Anderson: CPS strike is officially on

  Teachers union, Chicago mayor fail to reach a last-minute deal
• Lane: Indonesian politics: The beginnings of a youth rebellion?

  It is most likely that the youth radicalisation which had been simmering in recent years and which erupted into the open this past week will be an ongoing if unpredictable process
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  De Luna Navarro: Indigenous Communities Belong at the Center of Climate Action

  Policies that aren't rooted in Indigenous communities can cause many of the same oppressive outcomes as extraction
• Green: Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action

  “We need to be rethinking the role of the scientist and engage with how social change happens at a massive and urgent scale. We can’t allow science as usual.”