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Teabags vs. Douchebags

Why this may not be the second coming of the New Deal after all.

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Prairie Fire

A bitter labor conflict ultimately failed in Decatur, Ill., during the mid-'90s. But a new book argues that tactics developed there by locked-out workers strengthen today's labor movement.

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Happy Serf Liberation Day

Free Tibet? Not so fast.

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Czech Against U.S. Military Power

Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic.

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Modern-Day Monkeywrencher

During the final days of the Bush administration, Tim DeChristopher's civil disobedience drew attention to a rushed federal auction for Utah drilling rights.

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Do-It-Yourself Governance

Without new social movements, there will be no new New Deal.

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To Boycott Israel…or Not?

Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.

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All-Consuming Poverty

The upside of the current depression is that Wall Street greed and Washington corruption show as starkly as blood… more

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You Say You Want a Revolution

A founding member of the Weather Underground looks back at an organization unable to come to terms with its own violence.

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To the Streets

The killing of Oscar Grant inspired a Bay Area movement now coming to terms with its own complexity.

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This Land Is Their Land

The Landless Workers Movement claims a big victory in southern Brazil.

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Moving Forward Without Dogma

Despite the severity of the current economic crisis, the morale of the progressive movement remains sky high. Liberals, progressives… more

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Republic’s Battle Cry

Workers occupying a closed Chicago factory are sending a strong message to Washington: protect workers' rights.

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Framing the ‘RNC 8

Members of anarchist organization face terrorism charges, nearly eight years in prison

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Embedded in Pink

Code Pink has become a lightning rod for contemporary activism - from both the right and left.

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Punk Manifesto

Erick Lyle's On the Lower Frequencies collects material from the low-budget zines Scam and Turd-Filled Donut -- and deals with issues still important today

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Sleepwalking Through Seattle

Battle in Seattle is a well-intentioned effort that ultimately misses the mark

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Mapping the Road Less Traveled

Practical Idealists offers useful advice for young activists, but is utilitarian to a fault

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Five Years on the Hotel Picket Line

Directly west of Chicago's iconic Buckingham Fountain sits the Congress Hotel. Itself an icon during its heyday of the… more

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The Friendship Offensive

Peace activists on Capitol Hill hope to stave off war with Iran through cross-cultural contact between ordinary citizens

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Death Squads in Oaxaca

The Mexican government ignores the assassination of two community radio activists

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McGovern Still on the Antiwar Path

The retired senator and former ambassador to the United Nations is stumping for a book he co-wrote with foreign policy analyst William R. Polk called Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now while buttonholing dozens of members of Congress and urging our immediate withdrawal from Iraq

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Dark Side of Russias Rainbow

Despite political, legal and religious pressures, Nikolai Alexeyev has worked to combat prejudice and secure legal and political protections for Russia's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

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The Left’s Identity Crisis

What does it mean to be a progressive in 2007? What do we stand for? What do we believe in?

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Feeding the Hungry is a Crime

City councils are cracking down on charity groups that feed the homeless without a permit

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FCC Rocks Chicago, Chicago Rocks Back

At the recent FCC hearing in the Windy City, citizens came out in droves to voice their displeasure over the media landscape

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A Freegan World

Hundreds of urban activists, combining the words "free" and "vegan" have set out to change the way we think and act

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What’s Up Silverdocs?

The documentary film festival in Maryland presents broad themes including sustainable development, social activism and the democratic process

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Activism Illustrated

Inkworks Press celebrates a quarter century of political posters, the key to making a visual impact before the Internet's rise

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The New Children’s Crusade

Vets like Vincent J. Emanuele and other Iraq Veterans Against the War inherit the reins from the Vietnam era peacenicks before them

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Forget the Foundations

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded shows how nonprofit fundraising hinders radical movements

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The Olympic Hustle

Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city

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Thicker Than Oil

Iraq Veterans Against the War take the baton from their Vietnam-era counterparts

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When College Ends, So Does Activism

Why selling out is a depressingly rational choice for many graduates

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The Checkpoint Women of Israel

Machsom Watch advocates for fair treatement of Palestinians, drawing both resentment and respect from their countrymen

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Not By Spin Alone

In the battle over reproductive rights, on-the-ground organizing is far more effective than massaging the message

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Dancing Into the Majority

Once alienated, grassroots activists are finding ways to work with the Democratic Party establishment

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Jeremy Horton

"I was always politically interested and involved, but I'd never really done anything in politics before 2000," Jeremy Horton… more

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Paula Villescaz

Villescaz's first serious foray into Democratic politics occurred last summer when she attended the state party convention as a… more

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Hello, I’m a Democrat

Meet the netroots activists who have moved online and into political office

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