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Why The Food Movement Is Unstoppable

September 23, 2016 Jonathan Latham, www.independentsciencenews.org ,
By Jonathan Latham for Independent Science News - In 1381, for the first and only time, the dreaded Tower of London was captured from the King of England. The forces that seized it did not belong to a foreign power; nor were they rebellious workers – they were peasants who went on to behead the Lord Chancellor and the Archbishop of Canterbury who were, after the king, the country’s leading figures. A tad more recently, in the U.S. presidential election of 1892 a radical populist movement campaigned for wealth redistribution and profound economic reform. The populists won five states. All of them were rural.

Moral Mondays Movement Goes National

September 23, 2016 Mark Gruenberg, www.workdayminnesota.org ,
By Mark Gruenberg for Workday Minnesota - The “Moral Mondays” movement, which started in North Carolina as protests over the state’s highly restrictive voter ID law, has gone national with “Moral Day of Action” protests in 30 state capitals, Washington, D.C., and other cities around the country. Joined by unionists, civil rights groups, peace groups and other progressive organizations, the demonstrators took to the streets Sept. 12 to demand that politicians and officials commit to a platform of moral causes, including workers’ rights, voting rights, and an end to discrimination by race, sex, gender, disability or other characteristics.

Organizing Prisons In 1960s And 1970s: Part One, Building Movements

September 23, 2016 Staff, www.processhistory.org , , ,
By Staff of Process - On the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison rebellion in 1971, Process speaks with seven scholars of the carceral state about prisoners’ organizing in the 1960s and 1970s and movements protesting mass incarceration today. This is the first of a three-part series, guest edited forProcess by Jessie Kindig. Check out parts two and three.

Anti-Pipeline Movement Gathers Steam

September 15, 2016 Chuck Collins, www.otherwords.org ,
By Chuck Collins for Other Worlds - Thousands of Native Americans at Standing Rock in North Dakota are protesting a pipeline project that puts their water supply at risk, threatens to plow up their sacred sites, and would worsen climate change. Their rallying echoes hundreds of local struggles across the U.S. that question the prudence, safety, and necessity of thousands of new gas pipeline projects. The gas industry tells us these projects promote energy independence and meet local gas needs. But the driving force behind most of these billion dollar infrastructure projects? Gas export.

Two Biggest Movements In U.S. Team Up To Demand Economic And Racial Justice

September 13, 2016 Bryce Covert, www.thinkprogress.org/ , ,
By Bryce Covert for Think Progress - On Monday, Rev. William Barber II’s Moral Mondays movement stormed the grounds of state capitols in 31 states, what he claims is the largest simultaneous protest of its kind in the country’s history. And low-wage workers who have been part of the rapidly growing Fight for 15 movement were part of the demonstrations to tie their fight for economic justice to other fights.

Witnessing New Age Of Social Justice Movements—Including Labor

August 30, 2016 Shaun Richman, www.inthesetimes.com , , ,
By Shaun Richman for In These Times - Something is happening. Socialism is no longer a dirty word (the “S-word”), but something a sizeable portion of Americans tell pollsters is their preferred vision for society. It’s no longer an anachronism to speak of “the Left.” A brave and quickly organized movement for black lives has not only sparked a new civil rights movement but has gotten many of us to see the criminal justice system for what it is: the evolution of Jim Crow. Oh, and a hell of a lot more workers are striking than before.

We Can’t All Be “Radicals”, But We Should All Support Them.

August 13, 2016 Wilbert Cordel Kizer Moore, www.racebaitr.com ,
By Wilbert Cordel Kizer Moore for Race Baiter - “Violence is never the answer” is a sentiment I often hear parroted by people who celebrate the 4th of July in America, a holiday commemorating a violent and deadly rebellion. People have a habit of glorifying violence in history, while condemning violence in modern times. I’ve seen people who claim to love Malcolm X denounce modern day revolutionaries who embody the same principals that made X who he was. It seems that there are many people who only like the idea of revolution if they’re reading about it in a history book.

Movement For Bernie Becomes Movement For The 99%

August 5, 2016 Staff, www.movement99.org
By Staff of Movement For The 99 - The huge movement that lifted up Bernie Sanders’ historic campaign for president is at a crossroads. Either we continue the political revolution independent of the corporate dominated Democratic Party or we allow our movement to be defanged and de-railed. Unfortunately, the entire history of social movements attempting to transform the Democratic Party from within has failed, instead resulting in the co-optation and collapse of social movements.

Criminalizing Solidarity: Syriza’s War On The Movements

August 3, 2016 Theodoros Karyotis, www.roarmag.org ,
By Theodoros Karyotis for ROAR Magazine - In the early morning of July 27, refugee families and supporters who were sleeping at Thessaloniki’s three occupied refugee shelters — Nikis, Orfanotrofeio and Hurriya — were woken up by police in riot gear. In a well-orchestrated police operation, hundreds of people were detained. Most occupants with refugee status were released, while some were transported to military-run refugee reception centers. The rest of the occupants, 74 people of more than a dozen different nationalities, were taken into police custody.

Iraq Civil Society Breaking From Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr

August 2, 2016 Mustafa Saadoun, www.al-monitor.com ,
By Mustafa Saadoun for Al Monitor - BAGHDAD — Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr made an exaggerated statement July 23 when answering a question by one of his followers. Sadr said, “We are the only ones able to influence the Iraqis to hit the streets.” Sadr's statement came a few days after a TV interview July 18 by his rival, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who said that Maliki's supporters and those who voted for him are the educated people and academics, insinuating that Sadr's followers are ignorant.

Naples Rising: Rebel Youth Movements Buzz In The Old City

August 2, 2016 Jasper Finkeldey and Mauro Pinto, www.roarmag.org ,
By Jasper Finkeldey and Mauro Pinto for ROAR Mgazine - The buzz of Naples’ squares and bars at night is electrifying. Public life reaches its high after sizzling hot afternoons. The Southern Italian regional capital of Campania has become a frontrunner of social movement mobilization. At present more than 20 buildings are occupied throughout the city with a vibrant activist scene organizing cultural events, political discussions, free health care, and language classes for immigrants — providing an alternative vision of the city. People who have lost their homes in the economic crisis take refuge in occupied spaces.

Sanders Endgame Is Our Opening

July 23, 2016 Nathan Fisher, www.truthdig.com , ,
By Nathan Fisher for Truth Dig - Six long months remain before the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States. With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both promising to continue to yell “fire!” in our crowded political theater until the blissful, psychotic finale unfolds, 2016 is bound to be one of those years that will be underlined in history books. Something is happening, and it is very strange. There is something for everyone in this ceremony of mutually assured destruction. Shell-shocked neoliberals—still floating in midair like Wile E. Coyote after the graceless collapse of their blinkered worldview

Turning Moments Into A Movement: Notes From Boston

July 16, 2016 Bryan Xavier and Abu Samra, www.liberationnews.org ,
By Bryan Xavier and Abu Samra for Liberation - In light of the recent murders of Black people across the country, activists and organizers in the city of Boston have renewed calls for residents to take the streets back and voice their unrest. These past two weeks have seen a resurgence of rage following the circulation of videos showing summary executions of African Americans. Organizers in Boston wasted little time in joining the chorus of dissent, having for the past week hosted community events pertaining to these injustices every day.

Berned Out? Don’t Mourn—Organize

July 16, 2016 Sonali Kolhatkar, www.truthdig.com ,
By Sonali Kolhatkar for Truth Out - Backers of Bernie Sanders are angry over his decision to endorse Hillary Clinton, a rival he spent more than a year critiquing and challenging, distinguishing his positions from hers. I get it. There is a deep sense of betrayal for a faction of the American left who had probably given up on the U.S. political system, only to find inspiration in the progressive values of a white-haired senator from Vermont.

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Reflects On Movement’s First Three Years

July 8, 2016 Sonali Kolhatkar, www.truthdig.com ,
By Sonali Kolhatkar for Truth Dig - In July 2013, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza, three prominent activists in their communities, joined together and coined the simple yet powerful refrain “Black Lives Matter” in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. A year later, an uprising in Ferguson, Mo., over the police killing of Michael Brown catapulted the phrase and the activists it empowered into a movement.
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