Khury Petersen-Smith: Binary thinking on Russia’s war on Ukraine is a losing strategy
We need a progressive politics that shows solidarity with all victims of military violence — while resisting the militarism of our own government.
Frida Berrigan: Worried about nuclear war? You can actually do something to prevent it
If anything good can come out of the horrific war in Ukraine, it might be a renewed movement to abolish nuclear weapons once and for all.
Jessica Corbett: Over 1,000 Russians Arrested for Protesting Putin’s Ukraine Invasion
“This is an unprecedented atrocity, for which there is no and cannot be any justification,” said nearly 200 officials from cities across Russia.
Norman Solomon: Bob Dylan and the Ukraine Crisis
I’ve learned to hate the Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It’s them we must fight
Breanna Draxler: What if Legal Personhood Included Plants, Rivers, and the Planet?
The rights of nature movement and its potential to shift Western legal doctrine around environmental protection.
Abby Zimet: So The Whole World Will Listen To Joaquin
On the fourth anniversary of his son’s murder, Manuel climbed a 150-foot crane in the early, gusty morning – “A father’s job never ends” – so “the whole world will listen to Joaquin today.”
Leonardo Flores: “It Can’t Be Illegal to Help a People” | The US Persecution of Alex Saab
Venezuela’s ability to survive the brutal economic war being waged against it.
Derrick Z. Jackson: No Climate Justice Without Voting Rights
In a 2020 Yale University and George Mason University poll, 69 percent of Latinos and 57 percent of Black respondents said they were “alarmed” about climate change. That compares to just 49 percent of White respondents.
Nan Levinson: The Antiwar Movement That Wasn’t Enough
The Wars We Couldn’t End
Carlos Saavedra: Movements and Leaders Have Seasons — It’s Important To Know Which One You’re In
Learning to attune to the cycles of our own leadership can help us know when to do the right thing at the right time.
Kenyatta R. Gilbert: John Lewis and the masks Black preachers wear on the public stage
Preaching, in their understanding, tells the truth about suffering in the contexts of fear and death. Ultimately it declares that evil and despair have an appointed end. Because of this, as John Lewis said in his posthumously publishe op-ed: “Each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up, and speak out.”
Video: An Antiwar Couple Who Shaped History
“Radical Love” tells the story of Michael and Eleanora Kennedy’s lifelong dedication to radical political movements—from the Black Panthers to the Weather Underground—and to each other.
George Monbiot: Domino Theory
Now it’s a straight fight for survival. The Glasgow Climate Pact, for all its restrained and diplomatic language, looks like a suicide pact. After so many squandered years of denial, … Continue reading
Nick Engelfried: Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education
‘Simply teaching kids about the science of the climate crisis, without giving them a way to engage, can do more harm than good, because it’s so disempowering and overwhelming.’
