I can see why Black Lives Matter activists would worry that the Dallas shooting is going to undermine its cause. But all activists can do in a situation where a terrible thing happens at one of your protests is to just press on. There's really...
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As I am desperately trying to write the draft of my book on strikes, one of the things I've had to sacrifice is writing book reviews here. They take too.
Most of you already know about the awesome event of this morning, when an activist by the name of Bree Newsome climbed up the flagpole outside the South Carolina capitol.
This little piece on the United Students Against Sweatshops chapter at the University of Washington reminded of the importance of these student groups in fostering young activists against the systems of exploitation that dominate our world today. There are fewer groups like this on college...
Amy Merrick wrote a piece in The New Yorker about the terrible conditions in the sweatshops that make clothing for Forever 21, a department store focusing on low cost clothing.
I really loved reading this Rebecca Solnit article on "leftsplaining" after being attacked on Twitter all day yesterday from self-proclaimed lefties because I suggested that those who urge us to.
We don't discuss specific activist campaigns much here and I need to do a better job of it. I'm particularly interested in smaller movements that are doing amazing work to create change. We can talk about Occupy (and I have from time to time) but...
David at It's Not a Lecture has some interesting thoughts on iPhone apps and activism: Tech-savvy and issue-conscious consumers will be getting information not only about how a given product.