“Organizers will create the future.”
“The thing that I find fascinating in this moment, and different from the sixties, is that these protest movements are coming together.”
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Resistance & Refusal
Assertions of the basic human freedom to disobey.
The AAA Guide to Movement Building
Much of the debate on the left is about which is the right model of politics. But good activists are agnostic. They don’t have a theory of politics that is used in all places and at all times.
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Against Antipolitics
Let’s build the institutions, let’s build the movements. Let’s see this as an enormous opportunity to redefine the meaning of politics. Let’s get radical. Let’s talk about radical democracy. Let’s talk about justice.
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Idealistisches Manifest
Die Utopie ist die Vorbedingung jeder Entwicklung.
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To Make Protest About Power, Not Performance
There is still time to fundamentally influence the US presidential election. But we have to orient around that goal. We have to talk openly about that goal, and figure out what kinds of tactics we have to use in the streets to make it work.
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They Can’t Be Pleaded With – They Must Be Fought
The idea of open borders is anathema to Europe’s ruling elites; inhumane detention camps seem, on the other hand, to be perfectly acceptable. Politicians in power display nothing but inhumanity. We have to step into action; we have to go all out.
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The Syrian Revolution, at Street Level
“A lot of the people who picked up weapons knew it was a mistake. Violence alienates certain key constituencies who the revolution needs to win over. It scares the West, and makes them more likely to stick with Assad—which is why he provoked it.”
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Fight or Flight
People’s lands are being ripped away from them and turned into palm oil plantations. Their rivers are dammed. Their forests have been plundered. International investment does tremendous harm both to the people and to Mother Earth, about which they care profoundly.
“Wir müssen aufs Ganze gehen!”
Wer etwas verändern will, muss kaputt machen was kaputt macht und nicht versuchen, die Revolution zu umgehen.
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Photo Essay: Autonomous Trucker Strike in Russia
The nationwide strike by Russian truckers officially wrapped up on March 1, but Petersburg drivers have continued to maintain their makeshift protest camp.
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