Activism

What the French Revolution Tells Us About Today's Activist Movements

By Nicholas Pell / AlterNet

Today's protesters should remember the lessons of revolutions past, but most of all they should remember the importance of debate, discussion and argument.

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Why I Had to Challenge Amnesty International-USA's Claim That NATO's Presence Benefits Afghan Women

By Jodie Evans / AlterNet

We Need Free Thinkers Or Society Will Shrivel Up and Die

By Chris Hedges / Truthdig

Police Reform Activists Targeted by NYPD Won't Give In to Threats

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Major Rent Strike Against Millionaire Slumlord Catches Fire in Brooklyn

By Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

America's Deadly Jobs

It's Time to Step Up and Help the Workers of Bangladesh

80-Year-Old North Carolina Educator: Why I Got Arrested Protesting Right-Wing Agenda for Schools

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Activism

Occupy National Gathering Brings Together Occupiers From Far and Wide

Jake Blumgart / AlterNet

The Day After The Fourth of July

Mike Lux / Daily Kos

Why Occupy Has Faded

Arun Gupta / The Guardian

Weimar America: Four Major Ways We're Following In Germany's Fascist Footsteps

Robert Cruickshank / AlterNet

What GIS Mapping Technology Can Tell You About the Health of Your Neighborhood and Your Risk for Illness

Christine MacDonald / AlterNet

Detroit as a Food Desert -- Another Urban Myth

Jay Walljasper / Citiwire

After the 99% Spring: What Comes Next

Amy Dean / AlterNet

How the LA Riots Ignited a Generation of Young Activists

Biko Baker / AlterNet

Hunger Strikers Charge Congress with Starving Postal Service

Josh Eidelson / In These Times

How The Big Banks Run The World -- At Your Expense

Gar Alperovitz / TruthOut.org

Why Progressives Must Make The Moral Case For Universal Health Care

Rich Yeselson / The National Memo

It is No Mystery: The Real Reason Conservatives Keep Winning

Joe Brewer / Cognitive Policy Works

Exposing "The Invisible War" on Women in the Military

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon

If Bankers Don't Want Regulation, Why Not Tax Them Instead?

Leo Gerard / AlterNet

How Student DREAMers Won A Step in Immigration Reform

Mark Engler / AlterNet

What’s Needed for Change at This Political Moment? 5 Well-Known Progressives, 5 Strong Opinions

Betsy Leondar-Wright / Classism Exposed

An Ambitious Plan to Get People to Rethink Themselves and One Another

Laura Flanders / The Nation

10 Leaders You Should Know About

Jamilah King / ColorLines

It's No Longer Enough to Regulate Corporate Greed: The Global Water Crisis Demands a Paradigm Shift

Maude Barlow, Meera Karunananthan / AlterNet

Does the Liberal Establishment Care About Anything But Itself? The Hard Lessons of Wisconsin

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Occupy Homes Wins Crucial Victories for Struggling Homeowners Against Big Banks

Han Shan / AlterNet

10 Steps We Can Take Right Now to Build the New Economy

James Gustave Speth / YES! Magazine

'The People Need Robin Hood': Nurses Union Leads Nationwide Campaign to Force Wall Street to Pay Its Fair Share

Alex Kane / AlterNet

'Shock Doctrine' in Action: Vital Freshwater Resources Under Attack by Privatization Capitalists

Scott Thill / AlterNet

We Know What We're Against. Now: What Are We <i>For?</i>

David Roberts / Grist.org

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