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At a public forum about L.A.’s 2028 Olympics, California State University professor Melina Abdullah points out the class disparity between Olympics-goers and the communities that will be policed and displaced. (DSA-LA)

Act Locally » September 20, 2017

In 2028 Olympics, L.A. Residents See a Police State on Steroids

Community groups are torching the city’s Olympic plans. more

BY Leighton Woodhouse

Heed the Lesson of 1932: Only Left Unity Can Defeat the Racist Right

We have our differences, but we also have the numbers. more

By Joel Bleifuss
Socialism, Coming to a State Fair Near You

Give us funnel cake, but give us roses too. more

By Rebecca Burns
White Supremacist Violence Is All Too American

Whenever Black Americans make advances, they face a torrent of racist backlash. more

By Robert Greene II
Afghan Refugees Rise Up Across Europe

Against the threat of deportation, refugees from Athens to Vienna are standing up for their rights. more

By Samira Shifteh, Suraia Sahar and Urooj Rahman
Not My First Democratic Socialist Convention

In DSA's resurgence, a flashback to 1979. more

By Joel Bleifuss
Linda Sarsour: “I Want American Muslims To Be Unapologetic About Who We Are”

The Women's March organizer on growing Islamophobia and the state of the resistance more

By Kamil Ahsan
Why I Helped Shut the “Alt-Right” Down

While different situations call for different tactics, sometimes the only option is denying a platform. more

By Mukund Rathi
Don’t Give Fascism an Inch

To defeat white supremacy, we must confront it directly. more

By Natasha Lennard
The Climate Movement’s New Battle Cry

100 percent renewable—we can’t settle for less. more

By Bill McKibben
Campouts, Not Shootouts: Chicago Youth Take Back Their Streets

We talked to the teenagers occupying Chicago street corners. more

By Carlos Ballesteros
Standing Rock Spawned a Generation of Water Protectors. Now They’re on the Move.

Blocking pipelines from coast to coast. more

By Joseph Bullington
Trump Promised to Revive Keystone XL—But TransCanada May Not Even Want to Build It Anymore

The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered. more

By Kate Aronoff
Diverse, Radical and Ready to Resist: Meet the First in the New Wave of Local Progressive Officials

At Local Progress's 150-person meet-up, left-leaning politicians from around the country share plans to build rebel cities. more

By Steve Early
In Genoa, A Budding Antifascist Movement Seeks To Protect Refugees From a Resurgent Right

Refugee advocates are rebuilding the city's once-strong anti-fascist tradition. more

By Mohammed Harun Arsalai and Teresa Vinni
The Link Between Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants and Deaths in the Desert

Trump's policies reduce people first to “illegals,” then to deportation statistics, and, finally, to a scattering of bones in an arroyo. more

By John Washington
Disabled and Disobedient: How ADAPT Activists Blocked the GOP Healthcare Bill

This wasn't their first day at the rodeo. more

By s.e. smith
How a Maryland Town Is Turning Its New Deal Past Into a New Economy Present

Greenbelt residents are organizing cooperatives and other community initiatives aimed at building a better world. more

By Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo
Why Toxic Masculinity Hurts Men as Well as Women

Feminists and progressives need to highlight toxic masculinity's poisonous effects on not just the marginalized, but men as well. more

By Susan J. Douglas
We Are In the Midst of a Black Power Renaissance

Under Trump, we are seeing a return to collective Black consciousness. more

By Salim Muwakkil
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