Movements

The Unsung History of Heartland Socialism

While often overlooked, the spirit of socialism has coursed through the American Midwest ever since the movement emerged in the 19th century. It continues to animate the region’s political landscape today.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Reflections on the 10-year Anniversary of the Ferguson Protests

I don’t blame Michael Brown for having a smoking habit. Nor will I blame the boy for stealing a pack of smokes on August 9, 2014.

Sherell Barbee and Jacqui Germain

"You Are Not A Loan!" Introducing the Nation's First Debtors' Union

Debtors’ unions, in solidarity with labor unions and tenants unions, are the organizing formations we need to dismantle genocidal racial capitalism.

Hannah Appel and Astra Taylor

“Raid Happening Now”: Scenes from UChicago’s Popular University

“We are the encampment. We’ll be back.”

Eman Abdelhadi

Prioritizing Pleasure in our Movements

Embracing joy can give insight into the type of world we want to live in—and the motivation to work toward it.

J. Patrick Patterson

“It's a Statement About Who the University Belongs to”

A roundtable about resistance to privatization and the corporate governance of universities with Eman Abdelhadi (Univ. of Chicago), Calvin John Smiley (Hunter), Layla Hedroug (Yale), Owen Levens (DePaul), and an organizer from National Students for Justice in Palestine.

Nashwa Bawab

“Abhorrent and Barbarous”: The Crackdown on Campus Gaza Protests Faces Pushback

Progressives in Congress are demanding an end to the brutal police assaults on students protesting the U.S.-backed Israeli war on Gaza.

Jake Johnson

Hindu Nationalists Are Taking Notes—and Tech Support—From the Israeli Right

The state of Assam has become a laboratory of ethnonationalism, with warning signs of genocide ahead.

Ankur Singh

The Threats To U.S. Democracy Go Far Beyond Elections and the Courts

We need to do more than protect our elections. Getting money out of politics, repealing anti-dissent laws and ensuring more accountability from elected officials are equally important to democracy.

Basav Sen

The War on Protest Is Here

Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action.

Adam Federman

The Political Coalition the Left Needs to Win

"The situation is, without question, daunting. But there are signs of possibility all around us—and the future is ours for the taking."

Alex Han

Pessimism Is a Luxury We Can't Afford

The fights ahead are daunting—but the world is ours to win.

Dayton Martindale

Democratic Socialists of America Is Helping Rebuild the U.S. Anti-War Movement

Despite recent public resignations from some longtime members who disagree with the organization’s work and positions supporting Palestinian freedom, DSA is growing—and building coalitions across the U.S. Left.

Daphna Thier

The UAW Just Challenged the Entire Labor Movement to Get More Ambitious

The United Auto Workers announced a new campaign to organize 150,000 new members at non-union shops. Every other major union should follow suit.

Hamilton Nolan

Striking a Chord for Change: The Poor People’s Campaign for Revolution

In an effort to record their first album of movement songs, the New York State chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign is tapping into an old organizing tradition with hopes of inspiring change.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

The Right's Persecution of Palestine Supporters Looks a Lot Like a New Red Scare

Workers have been fired. Students have lost job offers. Activists have been harassed. But you can’t bully a movement into silence.

Nashwa Bawab

The Rise of the Far Right Is a Global Phenomenon

Facing a planetary wave of far-right authoritarianism, from Italy’s Giorgia Meloni to Argentina’s Javier Milei, the Left must learn to “organize despair.”

Alberto Toscano

The Largest Pro-Palestinian Protest in U.S. History Was "A Turning Point." Now It's Spreading.

"Felt like this was a new wave or a turning point in the struggle for Palestine.”

Henry Hicks IV