A Loving Message to Student Protesters

"Theirs is a politics of annihilation. Ours is a politics of collective survival."

For Stressed Out Organizers: Asking The Right Questions

In this moment of mass mobilization and widespread repression, it’s important for organizers to reflect on what we are building together and what leadership means to us. I wanted to share some questions from the Let This Radicalize You workbook that I think could be useful to activists and

Student Organizer: “We Have a Collective Responsibility to Insert the Word Palestine Everywhere”

“We are doing this for our people in Palestine who have no universities even to be a part of,” says student organizer Malak Afaneh.

Use All The Tools of Your Being: A History Lesson

"We're not visualizing an embryo. We’re just thinking, I’m pregnant, I don’t want to be," said Carol Downer.

Lessons From Political Prisoners

"Lesson one is just shut up, learn, and listen," says former political prisoner Ann Hansen.

Antiracist Skinheads and the Birth of Anti-Racist Action: An Interview With Mic Crenshaw

"After a handful of fights it became clear that the white power guys were not just going to disappear and we had to organize to protect our friends and community," said Mic Crenshaw.

"We Need to Resist and Dismantle Through Decentralized Formations"

"Decentralization doesn’t mean an absence of a shared politic, connection, or coordination," writes Andrea J. Ritchie.

Gentrification, State Collusion and Socioeconomic Warfare

“We’re fighting a huge economic system which is more powerful than any city government.”

Lessons in Self-Governance From the Zapatista Movement

Listen to this article0:00/341.041× The following is an excerpt from Constructing Worlds Otherwise by Raúl Zibechi (AK Press, 2024). EZLN: Sowing Without Reaping Zapatismo’s longevity, profound changes over the years, and impressive capacity to transform itself time and again for the last four decades make it

Must-Reads and a Personal Note

Enough of us are ground under. What is revolutionary, for me, is collective care and collective survival.

Chicago Organizers Promise Ongoing Shutdowns For Palestine

Protesters acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza converged on a major three-way intersection in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood on Saturday, disrupting traffic in the area for over two hours. The surprise blockade formed suddenly as 145 activists unfurled banners and held hands in the crosswalks of Damen Avenue,

Must-Reads and a 24-Hour Vigil for Gaza

From pipeline resistance in Virginia to massacres in Gaza, the Uncommitted campaign, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, and the fight against liquefied natural gas, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Despite Repression, Activists Continue to Shut Down Mountain Valley Pipeline by Cody Bloomfield. “In the