The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Waging Nonviolence
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Momentum Builds for Historic Black Friday Strike at Walmart
In a taste of what the nation’s largest retailer can expect on Black Friday, frustrated Walmart workers have started walking off their jobs to protest their employer’s attempts to silence outspoken workers.
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From Australia, Chronicle of a Military Base Blockade
At the end of September, a group of 40 people demonstrated that small numbers are no barrier to successful nonviolent action by blockading the entrance of one of the most significant military bases in Australia over two days.
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After Sandy, Communities Mobilize a New Kind of Disaster Relief
A grassroots network of community-run relief stations and free kitchens have sprung up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in a mobilization reminiscent of the early days of Zuccotti Park.
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A Vet's War of Words: "It Is Our Duty to Dissent"
I fought four combat tours in the U.S. Army. I thought when I went AWOL from Fort Bragg that the war was over for me. But I found myself in the heart of a new battle—a war of words and a war of peace fighters who put their lives on the line for their beliefs.
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Occupying the Food Supply in Iowa
Executives from Pepsi, Nestlé, Bayer, Monsanto and other giants of the corporate food system will face a slew of protests at this week's three-day World Food Prize held in Des Moines. The demand: food sovereignty.
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Thousands Flock to Albany to Resist Fracking
Several thousand people flooded New York’s state capital Monday, delivering letters to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office containing pledges to take nonviolent direct action against hydraulic-fracturing, or fracking.
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ALEC in the Hotseat
After numerous company defections in the past year, the uber-right wing American Legislative Exchange Council was confronted by an energized coalition of activists at its yearly summit in Salt Lake City.
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Spanish Indignados Return to Their Squares
On Saturday, the one-year anniversary of the M15 movement brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets again in nearly 80 Spanish cities.
