2021-2023

It takes effort to track the impacts of mass mobilizations like #MeToo, Occupy or Black Lives Matter, but understanding social change is impossible without such work.

Scholar and long-time organizer Janice Fine argues that the state must reject “neutrality” and embrace social movements as partners in promoting justice.

Political educator Harmony Goldberg discusses whether the ideological traditions of the left are helpful for practical organizing.

Why we should care about the battle for “hegemony.”

The activists who took over the city hall of Catalonia’s capital have changed one of Europe’s preeminent cities for good, while also confronting the limits of being in power.

By understanding how mainstream political culture co-opts elected officials, grassroots groups can help them resist.

While Republicans have used legislative majorities at the state level to undermine their opposition, the Democratic Party has too often failed to fight back.

Resolving the conflict between being visionary and being pragmatic is critical for those who want to transform society.

As social movements move beyond the default anarchist sensibility that prevailed through Occupy, they must still reckon with hard questions about bureaucracy and cooptation.

In the past five years, abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories—laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.