Social Movements

From fare strikes to sick outs, movements are deploying a variety of creative tactics to disrupt business as usual.

Having experienced recent mass mobilizations, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between "movements" and "organizations"—and in harnessing the power of both.

Reconsidering Poor People's Movements in the wake of mass uprising.

Like those of Black Lives Matter activists today, King’s methods were widely criticized—even when they were effective.

Where insider politics fails, a transformational approach can turn the impossible into the inevitable.

A wave of disruptive protest fifty years ago helped put women’s liberation on the map—and showcased a radical feminist vision that remains relevant in the age of Trump.

The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.

How creating a healthy "ecology of change" can help propel social movements.

Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul?

Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? Yes. Here's how.