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Without social justice, the massacres will continue.
Without social justice, the massacres will continue.
Even if we had sorely-needed gun control, the billionaire corporate theft of our democracy creates the toxic social conditions that result…
Dorothy Q. Snyder
Feb 20, 2018
Antifascism builds a broad coalition in Gainesville
Antifascism builds a broad coalition in Gainesville
By Madeline Hale, Direct Actions Coordinator, Resist Here
Resist Here
Nov 17, 2017
No, I Won’t “Ignore” the Alt-Right.
No, I Won’t “Ignore” the Alt-Right.
At 7:40 p.m. on the evening of Saturday, October 7, 2017, I was leaving Charlottesville, Virginia’s Downtown Mall after meeting a friend…
Jalane Schmidt
Nov 1, 2017
The Unexpected Effects of Activism
The Unexpected Effects of Activism
We never know who we will reach — or how.
Sue Gibson
Oct 22, 2017
Why I Got Arrested Calling For A Clean Dream Act
Why I Got Arrested Calling For A Clean Dream Act
Growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants, I remember being in church in Brooklyn and hearing other Nigerian immigrants deliver…
Biola Jeje
Oct 19, 2017
Meme Antoinette
Meme Antoinette
How Louise Linton helped income inequality go viral — and other practical lessons from the online Resistance.
Dylan Easterday
Aug 27, 2017
Write for Us
Write for Us
What’s your story?
Miles Gloriosus
Dec 27, 2016
Overheated at the Phoenix Trump Rally
Overheated at the Phoenix Trump Rally
An activist who streamed the tear-gassing of peaceful protesters details last Tuesday’s events.
Jean Green
Aug 27, 2017
From Common Ground: Where Do We Go After Boston?
From Common Ground: Where Do We Go After Boston?
After a week of fear and uncertainty, I attended the Boston rally because I couldn’t not go.
Brendan Anderson
Aug 20, 2017
Two Stories About Health Care Repeal
Two Stories About Health Care Repeal
Last week D.C. police arrested me and 175 friends for a nonviolent protest in the Senate. We had occupied Senate hallways as a last resort…
Ankur Asthana
Jul 28, 2017
Real Love Between Us
Real Love Between Us
What can hold America together?
Miles Gloriosus
Jul 18, 2017
The 10 Words That Matter Most Now
The 10 Words That Matter Most Now
And Why You Should Understand Them
Moira Lynch
Jul 5, 2017
Complicated Feelings During the 4th? Same — And That’s Okay.
Complicated Feelings During the 4th? Same — And That’s Okay.
*Note: Cross-published on Quail Bell Magazine.
Gretchen Gales
Jul 4, 2017
On The Fourth, Remember That Our Founders Demanded That We Resist
On The Fourth, Remember That Our Founders Demanded That We Resist
Twenty years ago today, I was undergoing one of the most exacting training processes of the U.S. Military to become a member of the elite U…
Nate Terani
Jul 4, 2017
Excuse me, America, your house is on fire: Lessons from Charlottesville on the KKK and “alt-right”
Excuse me, America, your house is on fire: Lessons from Charlottesville on the KKK and “alt-right”
On this 50th anniversary of the hippies’ “Summer of Love,” Charlottesville, Virginia, will be weathering a long, hot, right-wing extremist…
Jalane Schmidt
Jun 27, 2017
New York Resistance Agenda
New York Resistance Agenda
New York can lead the way in resisting Trump and strengthening our democracy. Here’s how.
Working Families Party
Jun 7, 2017
Solidarity Forever!
Solidarity Forever!
Scenes from the 2017 May Day March in San Diego, CA
Elizabeth Lekas
May 3, 2017
PDX Tax March Demands Trump Release His Returns
PDX Tax March Demands Trump Release His Returns
On Saturday, over a thousand of your neighbors gathered in downtown Portland to demand President Trump release his tax returns. The march…
Portland Indivisible
Apr 17, 2017
St. Louis Activists rally for universal healthcare
St. Louis Activists rally for universal healthcare
Around 100 activists gathered outside Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saturday, April 8, 2017, calling for a U.S. single-payer (universal)…
Al Neal
Apr 11, 2017
Can We Make America Care Again?
Can We Make America Care Again?
the radical act of giving a fuck
Jasmine Sun
Mar 4, 2017
They Persisted.
They Persisted.
Capturing moments of the growing resistance.
Elizabeth Lekas
Feb 22, 2017
Speaking at a rally? Here’s how to make it count.
Speaking at a rally? Here’s how to make it count.
If you work with a mission-driven organization, you may find yourself speaking at a political rally soon. (Maybe sooner than you think, the…
Rob Cottingham
Feb 20, 2017
Getting into good trouble: A citizen journalist’s guide to covering dissent
Getting into good trouble: A citizen journalist’s guide to covering dissent
Three days before Donald Trump’s inaugural on Jan. 20, Rep. John Lewis — the Georgia Democrat whose name often invokes the word “icon” —…
GSS
Feb 19, 2017
Who’s Listening? (Hint: It’s not the GOP)
Who’s Listening? (Hint: It’s not the GOP)
North Carolina congressman David Price calls out the GOP on ignoring their constituents.
Dorothy Potter Snyder
Feb 9, 2017
What are we going to do now? A historical perspective
What are we going to do now? A historical perspective
There is a new normal. And it is a new normal that we are refusing to normalize. It is, however, important to look at history as a guide.
Jay Burseth
Feb 7, 2017
#ResistTrumpTuesdays Anywhere!
#ResistTrumpTuesdays Anywhere!
Even if you can’t make it to an action today, resist wherever you are.
Nora Rawn
Feb 7, 2017
What Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama (and Elizabeth Warren) know … that you don’t
What Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama (and Elizabeth Warren) know … that you don’t
Lessons from The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in the Fate of the Nation.
ripcord7327
Feb 6, 2017
Peace, Love, and #TheResistance: Holding Space for Trump Voters
Peace, Love, and #TheResistance: Holding Space for Trump Voters
Let’s face it: life is about to get harder for many of us. Between the proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act, changing immigration and…
LaDonna Lokey
Jan 29, 2017
Hilary Rodham Clinton (day 19)
Hilary Rodham Clinton (day 19)
it is always white men who tell me her failings the coworker who couldn’t stomach the idea of voting for her her emails an acid eating away…
Katie Simpson
Jan 27, 2017
Scrappy When It Rains
Scrappy When It Rains
Freezing rain couldn’t keep New Yorkers from turning up the pressure on Trump’s #SwampCabinet.
Miles Gloriosus
Jan 25, 2017
What Do American Women Have to Bitch About? (Trigger Warning)
What Do American Women Have to Bitch About? (Trigger Warning)
The question was asked in earnest about the Women’s March, by a female friend who is also a veteran and one tough chick. Her Facebook feed…
LaDonna Lokey
Jan 22, 2017
today’s work, tomorrow’s question (day 13)
today’s work, tomorrow’s question (day 13)
you prepare with thick socks and phone numbers written on skin you walk until you can’t pressing against stranger and lovers until you are…
Katie Simpson
Jan 21, 2017
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