Parties and Movements
A roundtable discussion on the challenges that left-wing political formations face around the world.
Spring 2025
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Can Movements Stop Politicians From Selling Out?
Grassroots groups can help elected officials resist the pressures of mainstream political culture.
The Seeds of Rural Progressivism
Many rural communities feel a contempt for the status quo that persists regardless of the ruling party. Organizers are helping them build their own political power, in service of their own needs.
Beyond the Market: Housing Alternatives from the Grassroots
What would community-owned, democratically controlled housing actually look like? From California to Germany to Uruguay, popular movements offer an inspiring range of answers.
Organizing at the Grassroots 
The grass-roots organizing of the 1970s is an ambitious and at least partially successful effort to bring working-class women and men into the political arena as organized, self-conscious actors. The organizations that provide structure and direction to this “movement” are …
