Activism

The Rise of the New Economy Movement

By Gar Alperovitz / AlterNet

Activists, theorists, organizations and ordinary citizens are rebuilding the American political-economic system from the ground up.

Read More

Journalists, Wiki-Leakers, Anti-War Activists Overturn Domestic Military Detention in Major Civil Rights Victory

By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Toward a More Perfect Student Unionism: Lessons From the Maple Spring

By Biola Jeje, Isabelle Nastasia / AlterNet

Press Freedom Declines in the US With Arrests of Journalists at Protests--and More Will Likely Come

By Timothy Karr / AlterNet

Can This Cube Become the New Peace Symbol?

By John Jackson / Waging Nonviolence

Progressive Photo of the Day: Chickens Living in an Old Bug

Progressive Photo of the Day: High-Heeled Men Storm the Streets for an End to Sexual Violence

Now the Work of Movements Begins

Activism

Why Building Community Wealth is a Key Challenge to Corporate Power

Steve Dubb / AlterNet

Return of the Indignados: Spain's Anti-Austerity Movement Marks A Year of Protest

Ter Garcia / Waging Nonviolence

Student Activism Is Alive and Well Among Arizona's Minority Population

Gabriel Schivone / IPS News

Occupy Isn't About Electing Democrats--It's About Exposing a Broken System

Max Berger / AlterNet

Forget Flowers This Mother's Day: 11 Ways to REALLY Help Mothers

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

Birthing Behind Bars: Fighting for Reproductive Justice for Women in Prison

Victoria Law, Tina Reynolds / AlterNet

Occupy Keeps Up the Momentum With an Anti-Austerity Week of Actions in NYC

Simran Sachdev / AlterNet

Why Atheists Have Become a Kick-Ass Movement You Want on Your Side

Greta Christina / AlterNet

7 Foreclosure Horror Stories (And One Possible Win)

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Killer Mike, Venerable Rapper/Activist, Talks New Album, Drug War, and Maybe Running for Office

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

Chomsky: Do We Have the Makings of a Real Revolution?

Noam Chomsky / TomDispatch.com

Chicago's Cracking Down on Protests but Nurses Union Still Planning Huge Rally with Tom Morello

Aaron Krager / AlterNet

Scott Walker's Occupy-Supporting Primary Challenger Talks to Blogger Who Punked the Gov

Ian Murphy / AlterNet

Dozens of Police Evict Georgia Family at Gunpoint at 3am

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

4 May Day Stories the Corporate Media Missed While Fixating On Obama's College Girlfriend

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

The 99% Movement Has Something for Everyone -- But Is it Occupy?

Arun Gupta / AlterNet

"Tuition Fees are Class War!" CUNY Brooklyn College Students Roughed Up By Police for Demanding Fairer Treatment

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello on May Day 'Guitarmy' and the Occupy Spring

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Why I Interrupted Obama's Counterterrorism Adviser: Because the U.S. Keeps Killing Innocents Abroad

Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

Thousands of Hondurans Occupy 30,000 Acres to Reclaim Life and Land

Beverly Bell, Lauren Elliott / Other Worlds

'Festive, Righteous Anger': Occupy Makes May-Day Comeback With Massive Demonstrations

Sarah Jaffe, Joshua Holland, Sarah Seltzer, Alex Kane, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Anna Lekas Miller / AlterNet

Hunger Strikes, Marches and More as Los Angeles Service Workers Make Their Presence Felt on May Day

Melissa Chadburn / AlterNet

On Newness and History as Occupy and the World Celebrate May Day

Marina Sitrin, Dario Azzellini / AlterNet

Fighting Back: Occupy Wall Street Sues New York City, JP Morgan

Yves Smith / Naked Capitalism

Zizek: How the Occupy Movement Can Confront a Capitalist System That Defies Reform

Slavoj Zizek / The Guardian

Pages