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Matthew J. Parker: How Courage, Kindness, and Creative Iconoclasm Can Counter the Tramp of Fascist Feet

I’m alarmed by this new wave of attacks on our institutions.

August 27, 2025 · 2 Comments

Aliana Alexandra Coella Exclusa: Puerto Rico’s Resilient History Mirrors the Mangrove

Half of the world’s mangroves are in danger of disappearing. Ensuring their survival is essential to Caribbean resistance movements.

May 20, 2025 · 6 Comments

Erica Chenoweth, et al: Resistance is alive and well in the United States

Protests of Trump may not look like the mass marches of 2017, but research shows they are far more numerous and frequent — while also shifting to more powerful forms of resistance.

March 25, 2025 · 5 Comments

Daniel Hunter: We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance

Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum last week, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.

March 7, 2025 · 11 Comments

Charles Davidson: Resistance

The time has come for massive nonviolent resistance.

February 9, 2025 · 5 Comments

Julia Conley:  Loyal Dem Voters Fed Up With Party’s Inaction as Trump 2.0 Takes Hold

Leaders of the grassroots group Indivisible said voters are eager to beat the Trump agenda, and called on Democratic leaders to act as a true opposition party. 

February 6, 2025 · 7 Comments

Daniel Hunter: 10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won

It’s important we squarely face Trump’s victory and what there is to do about it. 

November 25, 2024 · 6 Comments

Richard Cambridge: In Medias Res

Tom, the eldest son of Daniel and Helen Brownson, tells his parents he has dropped out of college. He is now in the crosshairs of the draft board and will be re-classified 1-A — a good chance he will be sent to — and possibly die in Vietnam.

November 4, 2022 · 2 Comments

Woody Lewis: Guns Under the Bed (book review)

Anyone who protested the Vietnam war will appreciate the candor of Jody Forrester’s memoir.

November 5, 2021 · Leave a comment

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