Teabags vs. Douchebags
Why this may not be the second coming of the New Deal after all.
Why this may not be the second coming of the New Deal after all.
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.
Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic.
During the final days of the Bush administration, Tim DeChristopher's civil disobedience drew attention to a rushed federal auction for Utah drilling rights.
Without new social movements, there will be no new New Deal.
Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.
The upside of the current depression is that Wall Street greed and Washington corruption show as starkly as blood… more
A founding member of the Weather Underground looks back at an organization unable to come to terms with its own violence.
The killing of Oscar Grant inspired a Bay Area movement now coming to terms with its own complexity.
The Landless Workers Movement claims a big victory in southern Brazil.
Despite the severity of the current economic crisis, the morale of the progressive movement remains sky high. Liberals, progressives… more
Workers occupying a closed Chicago factory are sending a strong message to Washington: protect workers' rights.
Members of anarchist organization face terrorism charges, nearly eight years in prison
Code Pink has become a lightning rod for contemporary activism - from both the right and left.
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
Battle in Seattle is a well-intentioned effort that ultimately misses the mark
Practical Idealists offers useful advice for young activists, but is utilitarian to a fault
Directly west of Chicago's iconic Buckingham Fountain sits the Congress Hotel. Itself an icon during its heyday of the… more
Peace activists on Capitol Hill hope to stave off war with Iran through cross-cultural contact between ordinary citizens
The Mexican government ignores the assassination of two community radio activists
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
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
What does it mean to be a progressive in 2007? What do we stand for? What do we believe in?
City councils are cracking down on charity groups that feed the homeless without a permit
At the recent FCC hearing in the Windy City, citizens came out in droves to voice their displeasure over the media landscape
Hundreds of urban activists, combining the words "free" and "vegan" have set out to change the way we think and act
The documentary film festival in Maryland presents broad themes including sustainable development, social activism and the democratic process
Inkworks Press celebrates a quarter century of political posters, the key to making a visual impact before the Internet's rise
Vets like Vincent J. Emanuele and other Iraq Veterans Against the War inherit the reins from the Vietnam era peacenicks before them
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded shows how nonprofit fundraising hinders radical movements
Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city
Iraq Veterans Against the War take the baton from their Vietnam-era counterparts
Why selling out is a depressingly rational choice for many graduates
Machsom Watch advocates for fair treatement of Palestinians, drawing both resentment and respect from their countrymen
In the battle over reproductive rights, on-the-ground organizing is far more effective than massaging the message
Once alienated, grassroots activists are finding ways to work with the Democratic Party establishment
"I was always politically interested and involved, but I'd never really done anything in politics before 2000," Jeremy Horton… more
Villescaz's first serious foray into Democratic politics occurred last summer when she attended the state party convention as a… more
Meet the netroots activists who have moved online and into political office