Activism

Lessons From FBI’s Secret War On Activism

February 17, 2019 Michael Steven Smith, The Indypendent. Educate! Activism, COINTELPRO, FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation tried to destroy left organizations and the black freedom movement during the last major upsurge in radical politics in this country, in the 1960s. It looks like they are trying to do it again. The bureau’s Cointelpro (Counterintelligence Program) was a secret operation the bureau carried out against left-wing groups from 1956 to 1971. It first targeted the Communist Party, and was expanded to the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in 1961 and the “New Left” in 1968. In a secret 1968 memo, longtime FBI director J. Edgar Hoover directed his agents to “expose, disrupt and otherwise neutralize the activities of various New Left organizations.

The Influence Of Gandhian Socialism On Du Bois And King

January 14, 2019 By R. Divya Nair, Blackagendareport.com Educate! Activism, MLK, Revisionism, Socialism, W.E.B. Dubois

Mohandas K. Gandhi began agitating for the independence of the Indian people from colonial rule in the early twentieth century. In 1921, he took leadership of the Indian National Congress, leading nationwide campaigns devoted to achievement of swaraj or home rule. In 1930, he opposed the tax imposed on salt by imperial Britain, leading the Dandi Satyagraha or Salt March, an act of civil disobedience aimed at overturning the colonialist economic monopoly over salt, which was a vital resource for the Indian people. In 1942, he impressed upon the British to quit India, an appeal which led to India’s liberation from colonial rule in 1947.

The Six Building Blocks Of Distributed Organizing Campaigns

January 13, 2019 Tom Liacas, Netchange.co. Organize! Activism, Strategy

As reported earlier, we’re fully embarked on a deep dive into distributed organizing this year. Not only have we been fans of the approach for a while but we’re now seeing that this people-powered strategy has come of age and is being deployed by a growing number of major NGOs: ACLU, Sierra Club, Consumer Reports and the Union of Concerned Scientists, to name just a few. These “building blocks” are common elements of campaign design and strategy that have helped distributed campaigns scale, run efficiently and score some impressive victories.

Going Horizontal: Written For Workplaces; Perfect For Activists

January 12, 2019 By Rivera Sun, Dandelionsalad.wordpress.com Strategize! Activism, Books

I read the book as an activist, a small business owner, and a novelist who writes about nonviolent movements for change. The Dandelion Insurrection featured a self-organizing movement based on leaderful principles. I turned to Slade’s non-fiction book in preparation for diving deeper into those ideas for the third part of the Dandelion Trilogy and I was not disappointed. Going Horizontal is meant to be a practical, applicable manual, and it succeeds. My personal copy is filled notes and sticky tabs with reminders of practices to try and concepts to revisit for my work, activism, and writing. It has earned both a place on my bookshelf and a spot on my recommended books list.

How Activists Are Moving The Dial On Student Loan Debt

January 9, 2019 By Siona Peterous, Inequality.org Create! Activism, New Economy, Student Debt

Student loan debt has just reached an all-time high of $1.465 trillion. That’s double the $675 billion in loan debt amassed in June 2009, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. With more than 44.5 million people in some type of student loan debt, it’s increasingly becoming part of the platforms of high-profile progressive policymakers. The national conversation has come a long way in the years since activists started pushing the issue of student debt during the 2008 recession. Now, incoming Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is vocal about the idea of student loan debt cancellation and Sen. Bernie Sanders talked about making public college tuition-free during his presidential campaign.

Media Tips For Activist Groups

January 7, 2019 Staff, Eff.org Organize! Activism, Media

If you want to pitch a story about your cause to the news media you need a news peg. Two of the most common news pegs are an event in the news that relates to your cause or an activism event you organize yourself. Tying your pitch to an event in the news—local, national, or international—is probably the most effective way to get news coverage. Reporters are often looking for ways to put an issue in context and advance it past what other news outlets are reporting. Another strategy that can be effective is staging an event. However, there are many things to keep in mind during the planning for this.

Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Tour Recap: Fall 2018

January 1, 2019 Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, Itsgoingdown.org Create! Activism, Natural Disasters

The MADR Network has only been around a couple years, and is mostly focused on supporting response efforts to hurricanes on the east and gulf coasts. In traveling west, we wanted to understand the unique disasters that communities are facing, the lessons they’ve already learned, and explore how a grassroots network could carry resources, information, and stories across the so-called U.S. When calamity strikes...

This Is What Activism Looks Like

December 29, 2018 Eleanor Goldfield, Occupy.com Resistance Report Activism

From the front lines of our issues - from indigenous rights to the prison industrial complex - from the Black Panthers to tree-sitters in Appalachia - from hacking human psychology to growing industrial hemp, this has been a year of Acting Out!

New Movement Arises To Force Action On Climate Change

November 13, 2018 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Activism, Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion, United Kingdom (UK)

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a conservative body, estimates that humans have twelve years to take effective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Given the lack of response by most governments to do what is necessary, a new movement has arisen in the United Kingdom targeting the House of Parliament to force significant policy changes. Called the Extinction Rebellion, this movement needs to go global. We spoke with Marijn Van de Geer about what the Extinction Rebellion is doing, their model of change and how to get involved.

It’s Time To Take On The Capitalist Class

November 11, 2018 Maria Svart, Truthout.org. Organize! Activism, Democrats, Elections

Neoliberal House Democrats will collaborate with Trump unless grassroots pressure prevents them. Now that the midterm election is over, what can we do to preempt that collaboration? We need to shift from a short-term electoral to a long-term community and union focus, and shift from preaching to the choir to expanding our base. To build the multiracial working class coalition it will take to win in the face of climate crisis and neofascism, we must make a real commitment to solidarity and lift up a vision of a transformed society with democracy and dignity for all. Only we ourselves can save us.

No Food For 2 Weeks: These Protestors Are Fasting Over Climate Change

November 9, 2018 By Michael Sol Warren, Nj.com Resist! Activism, Climate Change, Fasting

A coalition of environmental groups gathered outside of the State House on Wednesday to announce the start of Climate Fast NJ, a two-week-long protest fast aimed at pressuring Murphy to take more immediate action on climate change. The press conference was capped off with coalition members walking to Murphy's office to hand-deliver their demands. Their specific goals are lofty: Climate Fast NJ is calling for Murphy to back a moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure projects like power plants and pipelines. Murphy's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The impetus for Climate Fast NJ, according to organizers, was the release of a dire new report from the International Panel of Climate Change.

How Yemeni Immigrant Activists In NYC Are Changing A Whole Community’s Mindset

November 6, 2018 Michael Nigro, Lawatthemargins.com Create! Activism, Immigration, Yemen

Riyadh Alhirdi is trying not to cry. He’s sitting in the Yemeni American Merchants Association’s (YAMA) new offices in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, explaining the convoluted process of procuring asylum for his wife and five children. Alhirdi, who is 43-year-old and was born in Yemen, has been dealing with opaque immigration procedures regarding his family for over four years. They have been stuck in Egypt since 2015 because the American Consulate in war-torn Yemen is closed. Although he talks on video chats with them daily, over the past eight years, he has been with his family only once.

To Change The World, Treat Your Rebels Well

November 5, 2018 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Podcast Activism, Dissent, Psychology

Throughout history, there has been tension between those who desire obedience to authority and those who question authority. It is those who question authority that contribute to social change, but our culture does not treat them well. We speak with psychologist Bruce E. Levine about his latest book, "Resisting Illegitimate Authority: A Thinking Person's Guide to being an Anti-Authoritarian - Strategies, Tools and Models" and the lessons it teaches for the political moment in which we find ourselves, how anti-authoritarianism is being suppressed and what we must do.

Voting Matters, But Staying Engaged Matters More

October 14, 2018 Jill Richardson, Other Words. Strategize! Activism, Elections, Voting

After Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, my Facebook feed filled up with people telling one another to vote in the midterms. “If you don’t like what’s happening in America, vote!” they said. And yes, I’ll vote. I always vote. As a believer in democracy, I’m in favor of everyone voting. And if the Democrats take either house of Congress, there will be real change — to a point. However, there are larger changes that voting won’t bring. Not this time, anyway. For left-leaning Americans, voting for Democrats has its limits. Here are some of them. First, most of the Democratic Party leadership is beholden to their wealthy donor base.

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