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Gandhi’s Strategy for Success — Use More than One Strategy
How creating a “healthy ecology of change” can help propel social movements.
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When Women Revolted
A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map–and showcased a radical feminist vision of that remains relevant in the age of Trump. By…
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Why Targeting Corporate Democrats is Part of the Fight Against Trump
Lessons from the George W. Bush years.
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Claiming our Victories
Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.
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Why Iowa Needs an Uprising
Whether it’s progress on civil rights, ending child labor, or securing women the vote, history tells us that major advances in American life have come from citizens’ movements organizing from below rather than from timid politicians cutting deals on high.
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In Praise of Impractical Movements
Three Times When the World Broke Open– and Two When it Might Again
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The Massive Immigrants Rights Protests of 2006 are Still Changing Politics
Popular uprising have ramifications that go beyond immediate legislative results, and they can alter the climate of political debate.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Disruptor, Not a Peacemaker
Like those of Black Lives Matter activists today, King’s methods were widely criticized— even when they were effective.
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Why MLK Chose Not to Run for President
Like Bernie Sanders today, Martin Luther King, Jr. considered launching a presidential campaign to oppose military interventionism and promote democratic socialism. Here’s why he decided against it.