Mass Protests May Fade, But Movements Persist
Smart organizing during whirlwind moments seeds the ground for new waves of action in the future.
Smart organizing during whirlwind moments seeds the ground for new waves of action in the future.
A conversation with directors Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their new film, The Infiltrators.
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.
Honoring Baker alongside Martin Luther King would highlight the long and patient work of building a social movement.
Richard Nixon told everyone he was indifferent to protests—in fact, he was obsessed with them.
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.
Fifty years ago, a protest against the Miss America pageant kicked off a new phase of the women’s liberation movement. We present a narrative history of that landmark protest, as told by the participants themselves.
A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.
From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.