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Published in: TransformationThe US teachers strike in historical perspective
Previous waves of unrest offer clues to the possible regeneration of the American labor movement.
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Published in: TransformationSacred activism: a movement for global healing
Our natural sense of interdependence has been replaced by an addictive focus on personal short-term profit.
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Published in: TransformationHow 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.”
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Published in: TransformationWhat Standing Rock gave the world
The Indigenous struggle that goes hand in hand with protecting the Earth was made visible for everyone.
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Published in: TransformationWhere are all the leaders?
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination—a good time to reflect on leadership and...
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Published in: TransformationThe Great Society versus the Poor People’s Campaign
What can we learn from contrasting efforts to combat poverty and injustice in 1960s America?
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Published in: TransformationGun violence has dropped dramatically in three US states with very different gun laws
To have an honest, nonpartisan discussion about gun violence, we must look at what happened in New York, California,...
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Published in: TransformationRadical happiness: moments of collective joy
True happiness is produced by cultivating our ties to one another: a review of Lynne Segal’s new book.
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Published in: TransformationWhy reconciliation and redemption are central to countering white supremacy
Sammy Rangel, director of Life After Hate, talks about his work with violent extremists.
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Published in: TransformationA renewed Poor People’s Campaign revives King’s dream of challenging class divides
Can a new fusion of movements reignite the search for freedom and equality in America?
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Published in: TransformationAfter Erica Garner’s death, I can’t breathe through the tears
In praise and memory of a great advocate for peace and social justice.
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Published in: TransformationLiving prayer at Standing Rock
We are more powerful when we live together as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us.
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Published in: TransformationKen Burns’ powerful film on Vietnam ignores the power of the anti-war movement
The Vietnam peace movement was inspirational. Its story deserves to be told fully and fairly.
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Published in: TransformationSwords in the hands of children: an insider’s account of what happened to America’s New Left
How Weatherman confused violence with militancy and triggered the downfall of Students for a Democratic Society.
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Published in: TransformationHow to fight the global Wall Street landlords
Banks and vulture funds make money from ordinary people’s distress. The only way to fight back is to outsmart them.
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Published in: TransformationBefore the NFL took a knee: four lesser-known moments of resistance in sports history
This isn’t the first time the world of professional sports has entered the fight for civil rights and racial justice.
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Published in: TransformationI’m a Muslim—ask me anything
Hearing Muslims being ignorantly targeted is like waking up to see a cross burning on the communal front lawn. I...
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Published in: TransformationHow to prevent nuclear war
What can be done to build support for a peaceful resolution to the stand-off with North Korea?
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Published in: TransformationLessons from the front lines of anti-colonial pipeline resistance
Ceremony, mindfulness and healing practices play a key role in radical social movements.