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The world’s happiest people already have a Green New Deal, and they love it, by George Lakey
The Nordics [are] in the top tier of nations for equality because they adopted a radically different economic model…
Popular Resistance: How Social Transformation Occurs
When activists understand that social movements are long-term efforts and that they go through particular stages, each with specific goals and tasks, they can be more effective. This knowledge is also helpful in avoiding burn out by expecting things to change before the necessary environment is in place.
Popular Resistance: The time to prepare is now
Remember, we are the many and they are the few. People have power. The time to prepare to achieve the tremendous potential of the coming decade is now.
The Cult of Violence Always Kills the Left by Chris Hedges
“Activism is about self-expression. It often is a substitute for strategy. Strategic organizing is about results.”
Henry A. Giroux | Gun Culture and the American Nightmare of Violence
Militarism provides ideological support for policies that protect gun owners and sellers rather than children.
Feeling Burned Out? When We Gather, We Get Energized
Instead of getting burned out, frustrated, and isolated, when we gather, we get energized.
Chris Hedges Discusses Trump, Wall Street, Neoliberalism, Politics and Resistance (Video)
Chris Hedges discusses Trump, NATO expansion, and the co-opting of the so called “resistance.”
The Revolution Televised: Episode 1 – Awakening of a Generation (Video)
Capturing the birth of the political revolution that arose from the ashes of democracy, in the wake of the controversy surrounding the 2016 Democratic Primary. Featuring Bernie Sanders, Jill Stein, Tim Black, Dr. Cornell West, and many more in episodes to follow. Write Brain Studio’s The Revolution Televised; Narrated by Viggo Mortensen Episode 1: Awakening […]
Sarah van Gelder | The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000 Mile Journey Through a New America
Discover the Real Revolution Unfolding across America
The Trump Resistance Plan: Step Two
“It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies…”
Joe Scarry | A Globally-Connected Peace Movement: What’s Stopping Us?
The biggest obstacle to a truly global peace movement may actually be the structures upon which we’ve leaned for so long . . . . By Joe Scarry Joe Scarry’s Blog December 28, 2016 A globally connected peace movement? To learn more about Rise Up Times and support Media for the People! with a donation click […]
Flowers and Zeese | The Movement Matters Most
While some people are calling 2016 the worst political year ever, we are optimistic that the movement is on track for transformational change.
Hunter Cutting | The Road Ahead in Saving the Climate
The fight to save the climate has to be knit into the progressive fight for the soul of country.
Ken Butigan, a new book | Nonviolent Lives! People and Movements Changing the World
People and Movements Changing the World Through the Power of Active Nonviolence
On Contact | Chris Hedges Discusses Restrained Resistance with Bill Ayers (Video)
Chris Hedges discusses building successful non-violent mass movements with Bill Ayers, author of “Demand the Impossible.”
Stephan A. Schwartz | The 8 Laws of Social Change
If change comes down to 8 laws, could you employ them to make real change? A science-based strategy for achieving enduring wellness-oriented change on a personal, societal, and global Level, these 8 laws of behavior enable any person or small group – even ordinary people without great wealth, official position, or physical power – to […]
Peter Dolack: Building a Better Movement
We do need to stop lamenting that we don’t know how to build an effective movement and start seriously discussing how we are going to build an effective movement.
Michael Corcoran | How Sanders Shaped the National Discourse on Class: A Media Analysis
Sanders supporters should not get disillusioned. It may seem easy to forget, but the primary goal of the Sanders’ campaign was not the presidency, but a “political revolution.” Winning an election was a goal, to be sure, but “revolution” was the goal.
Chris Hedges | The Revenge of the Lower Classes and the Rise of American Fascism
Fascist movements build their base not from the politically active but the politically inactive, the “losers” who feel, often correctly, they have no voice or role to play in the political establishment.
Zeese and Flowers: Living In A Post-2011 World
In the end the primaries have produced the two most unpopular candidates in US history. As Five Thirty Eight reports: “No major party nominee before Clinton or Trump had a double-digit net negative ‘strong favorability’ rating. Clinton’s would be the lowest ever, except for Trump.”
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