Activism

Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America

Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America Jim Hightower: Creating a Progressive America

What is the state of progressive movements in America today?

Nov 9, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street

Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street

As Seattle police chief in 1999, my disastrous response to the WTO protests should have been a cautionary tale. Yet our police forces have only become more militarized.

Nov 9, 2011 / Norm Stamper

Drought

Capitalism vs. the Climate Capitalism vs. the Climate

Denialists are dead wrong about the science. But they understand something the left still doesn’t get about the revolutionary meaning of climate change.

Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Naomi Klein

Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park?

Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park? Why Aren’t the Jobless Flocking to Zuccotti Park?

Blaming themselves for their plight, the unemployed don’t look to protest—or to government—for a way out.

Nov 9, 2011 / Feature / Louis Uchitelle

WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS

WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS WATCH: Michael Moore, Naomi Klein and Others on What’s Next for OWS

Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power, featuring Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, William Greider, Rinku Sen, Patrick Bruner a...

Nov 9, 2011 / The Nation

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility? Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Is the Media’s Responsibility?

The mainstream media is falling victim to a cult of balance—and it's time for progressives to fight back by more effectively leveraging their message.

Nov 9, 2011 / C-SPAN

Field Notes From the Revolution: Activists Occupy California’s Imperial Valley Field Notes From the Revolution: Activists Occupy California’s Imperial Valley

I thought I might find a simple meme of the Wall Street protest. What I discovered was a desert flower brought to blossom by an activist tradition, coalition-building and old-fashi...

Nov 9, 2011 / Mike Davis

Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail

Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail Labor Rights, Abortion Rights, Immigrant Rights, Voting Rights Prevail

In a rebuff to GOP extremism, voters reject Mississippi’s personhood amendment and Ohio’s attack on labor rights. 

Nov 9, 2011 / John Nichols

The Story of Broke The Story of Broke

Why there’s still plenty of money to build a better future.

Nov 8, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

George W. Bush’s American Dream George W. Bush’s American Dream

In our new landscape of imperial defeat, it’s remarkable how consistently things that are officially going so well are actually going so badly.

Nov 8, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

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