Whether it’s the lure of a cheap car or the false promise of war, the things that really make the world better take hard work.

We will not build a better future for all people by killing or dominating each other. Only a nonviolent movement with vision ...

An alliance of Indigenous and environmental activists are fighting to uphold a historic referendum to protect the Ecuadorian Amazon.

“Who will own the forests? Who will own the sky?” sang dozens of umbrella-wielding protesters as rain drizzled outside the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon on Sept. 25. Inside the building, ...

To support Israelis and Palestinians is to insist on their right to equally live in peace and freedom — not help structures of state violence and cultures of militarization. A Palestinian human rights ...

David Graeber once posited that “the biggest problem facing nonviolent direct action movements is that we don’t know how to handle victory.” He observed that, by the time activists recognize some of ...

Creating a trigger event and a moment of the whirlwind — a period in which social movements capture the political spotlight in a country in a major way and shift the terms of public debate — is a rare ...

When East and Gulf Coast longshoremen went on strike last week, their employers claimed to be unable to afford their wage demands. In truth, the shipping industry has seen unparalleled profits in ...

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