This year's commemoration marks a turning point in Holocaust remembrance. What we want is to honor the dead and empower the living, but often we end doing neither.

Political transformation means more than a few new institutions. It’s a deeply cultural process that lives in the history of every community.

As we reimagine our future cities, we can make room for nature and humanity.

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

Are there new ways to engage the public in mass action to reduce global warming, or should we focus on adapting to the inevitable?

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

A post-Soviet generation of feminists is struggling to transform society through a mix of personal and political action. 

Radical science fiction and fantasy are remedies for the belief that there is no alternative to the violence and inequality that surrounds us.

Even in a just war we need to feel the pain and tragedy of losses on the other side. And in the Brink's robbery our own mistakes and failings led to unnecessary casualties. An extract from Love and Struggle: my life in SDS, the Weather Underground and Beyond.

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

On the night before Christmas, we’ll all be about. While the people are sleeping, we’ll realise our clout. We’ll expropriate goods from the stores, ‘cos that’s fair. And distribute them widely, to those who need care.

The need for a despised underclass of darker-skinned cheap labor has underpinned American prosperity since slavery. A new film looks at the lives of the latest class of disposable “plastic people.” 

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.

Studies are starting to reveal how social media are changing our lives—for better and for worse.

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

As the world’s silent places disappear, are we forgetting how to listen?