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Published in: Transformation#Iceland3: people who take food from bins should be applauded, not arrestedThe British court case against three men who "skipped" food from Iceland supermarket has been dropped. But food...
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Published in: TransformationSilence = death: Sarah Schulman on ACT UP, the forgotten resistance to the AIDS crisisWhen the AIDS activist movement ACT UP was formed in New York in 1987, 50 per cent of Americans wanted people with...
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Published in: Transformation“Being poor is not a crime:” transforming the struggle for housing rights worldwideFrom singing in New York courtrooms to gluing door locks in Berlin: the struggle to protect housing rights is about...
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Published in: TransformationSuffering happens, but Pakistan's Afghan refugees are more than just victimsThe word 'refugee' conjures up images of rows of tents, barefoot children and saddened faces. The reality is more...
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Published in: TransformationThe world should be watching India’s coup of common peopleCan the new Aam Aadmi party transform Indian democracy? Or will high expectations be dissipated as the party's...
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Published in: TransformationPrisoner X and the British Guantanamo BayWorking as a writer in residence at prisons, I have been advised not to "fight" if an inmate takes me hostage and...
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Published in: TransformationWhy the monster Grendel has no place in activism todayI was at the anti-fracking protest at Balcombe in the UK when another activist said austerity is "a beast bigger...
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Published in: TransformationMy friend's hunger strike against force-feeding at Guantanamo“There are places on this earth where color has absconded.” One man’s protest against force-feeding at the...
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Published in: TransformationWho’s afraid of partisan politics?Bi-partisan deal-making is often celebrated as progress, but is it any basis for transforming politics in America?...
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Published in: TransformationPostcards from a horizontal worldNew social movements are different. Instead of asking for alternatives, they are bringing them to life.
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Published in: TransformationNelson Mandela knew when to talk and when to fightTo effect social transformation, fighting is essential, but if we take fighting too far then we risk destroying what...
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Published in: TransformationSmashing egoism: against flashpoint actionFor many anarchists, real liberation manifests itself through flashpoint: sudden, unannounced acts of violence....
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Published in: TransformationI am a Muslim, not a terroristThe UK Government's Extremism Taskforce report came out yesterday, containing recommendations that will simply...
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Published in: TransformationA gay Marxist meets the Tea Party in CaliforniaIs the fabled “center-ground” of politics worth striving for if the real beneficiary is crony capitalism? This is...
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Published in: TransformationManifesting a second-order revolution in BrazilProtest alone can't secure a long-term vision for society, so the straight lines of demonstrations have to be...
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Published in: TransformationWe could learn from the blues/of Langston Hughes
The poet Langston Hughes was both of and ahead of his time. In Twitter-friendly, succinct verses, he exposed...
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Published in: TransformationThe Tar Sands and the World Tree – can Ragnarok be avoided?Norse mythology tells of Ragnarok, a cataclysmic disaster akin to ecocide. In order to avoid this fate we need new...
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Published in: TransformationProgress with roots
In the last thirty years, the Basque Country has transformed itself from an economic backwater under Spanish...
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Published in: TransformationSlow democracyAt a time when 95 per cent of Americans disapprove of their own Congress, what hope is there for democracy in the...
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Published in: Transformation“Stay creative, stay vigilant, stay positive:” fighting for a living wage in California
WATCH: hotel maids are among the least protected workers in America, yet a coalition of groups in Los Angeles has...
