Social Movements

Every so often, we witness a period of mass insurgency that seems to defy the accepted rules of politics

Savvy organizers use mass actions as choice opportunities for recruiting.

Lessons from the Salt March for today's social movements.

The use of militarized police squadrons has long been an escalating and racially loaded trend.

Fifty years ago the Civil Rights Act was passed into law in the United States.

Three years after the resignation of Mubarak, the Egyptian Revolution provides a perfect example of what mass, disruptive protest can accomplish—and what it can't.

If politicians in Washington, DC refuse to talk about our warming planet, how do we shift the climate of national debate?

On the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, #S17, our U.S. columnist says the 99 per cent could sorely use another round of rebellion.

Progressive movements are stronger when they can take on centrists or liberals than when pitted against elected conservatives.

Are you disgusted and outraged by the recent decision of the Boy Scouts of America to reaffirm its exclusion of gay members from the organization? You’re not alone.