The Ferguson Uprising sparked renewed interest in understanding the link between municipal fines and racial surveillance—a relationship that made tragedies like the death of Michael Brown less moments of rupture than logical endpoints.
On the fifth anniversary of the Ferguson Uprising, we can draw new life from the struggles that have made it possible to imagine a world in which black lives indeed matter.
Hong Kong has justified its existence as an interface between Western neoliberal globalism and China’s statist authoritarian capitalism. China no longer needs the city to play that role; Hong Kongers desperately need an alternative.
The historic protests that forced the resignation of Ricardo Roselló have not ushered in a revolution. But Puerto Ricans now believe they have a future and are willing to fight for it.
Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood turns Hollywood’s most infamous night of horror into the dawn of a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Nick Estes discusses the deep historical roots of the convergence at Standing Rock, why Indigenous peoples have taken a leading role in the climate justice movement, and why decolonization must be part of any left-wing agenda.
Michael Walzer’s Political Action, written nearly half a century ago, contains many useful guidelines for organizers today. But social movements are often messy and unpredictable affairs.
To fight elite capture of the state, it’s time to consider sortition, or the assignment of political power through lotteries.
The four congresswomen who came under attack by Trump are popular—as are their policies. That’s why he is terrified of them.
Activist Jeffrey Ngo on the Hong Kong protests.
How did we get from two decades of meteoric tuition increases to a moment where democratic socialist elected officials are pushing free higher education and complete student debt discharge? The short answer: organizing.
Views that were fringe in Perot’s day have taken center stage in national politics.
Queer activists in the 1980s and 1990s connected the queer liberation struggle to a broader politics of liberation for all. Today’s LGBTQ movement stands to learn from revisiting this history.
The Greek Coalition of the Radical Left is likely facing a major defeat in this Sunday’s election.
Can Nazi concentration camps be compared to other detention centers? Their survivors thought so.
