Mark Engler

Organizers in labor, immigrant rights, and climate movements seeking to spark far-reaching work stoppages in the United States can invoke a powerful fact: It has happened before.

Thirty-five years ago, Central American solidarity activists developed a model for building resistance before disaster strikes. Their efforts may have stopped a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua.

From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.

Lessons from the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Lessons from the George W. Bush years.

Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.