London students have been occupying their universities since March. They explain why.

There is still little documentation of how art creates social and personal change. We must develop this language.

“In a racially unjust world,” revolutionary activist Angela Davis asked mindfulness popularizer Jon Kabat-Zinn, “what good is mindfulness?”

True religion is living a life of compassion in the midst of the material world.

For over two years, the small community of San José del Golfo have maintained a 24-hour barricade against the mine that threatens to destroy their land and water.

Except for the military’s interpreters, every Iraqi in the movie is either evil, a butchering insurgent or a collaborator. They’re all "savages".

The emergence of social movements is a product of two powerful forces working in tandem: disruption and sacrifice.

Chris Dixon’s new book identifies four principles that underpin the success of transformative social movements.

Seamus’ whiteness means that I don’t have to teach him how to prepare for humiliation. That is white privilege in a nutshell.

"This is not a film about oppression. It's actually about transformation." 

What I learned from James Baldwin’s writing about race, in a moment of great anger.

I’m sick of seeing people die, I’m tired of losing loved ones. I don’t want to die on the streets, I don’t want to get shot over some nonsense and I don’t want to shoot anyone.

Nonviolent action is a seamless part of the rhythm of life. A review of Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist.

Collective recognition is more important than the raising up of icons: there is no mastermind in the transformation of society.

Two lives show that a truly integrated existence—a life-long process of personal and political transformation—lies within the reach of everyone.

What underpins the transformative impact of campaigning? Short term success or failure may be a poor guide to the future.

The cutting edge of the climate change debate was absent from recent events in New York City, including mass marches. It’s time to unlearn the deluded notions that keep us from exploring the real issues for the future.

Western media outlets have described Hong Kong’s accelerated wave of unrest as predominantly led by students. It has a much wider base than that. Months of steady canvassing and campaigning on the streets, and a promotion of emotive symbolism over violence, have garnered enormous sympathy for the Occupy movement.

The global people's climate march is the right time to confront the culture of denial that still exists among many activists. Our political movements are intimately connected. 

The fluctuating cycles of popular movements can’t be avoided, so how do activists translate periods of peak activity into substantive and enduring social change?