Frances Fox Piven

Frances Fox Piven is on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author, most recently, of Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America.

Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything

Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything

When it comes to stopping Trump, petitions aren’t going to do it.

Jan 18, 2017 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven

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A Basic Income Would Upend America’s Work Ethic—and That’s a Good Thing A Basic Income Would Upend America’s Work Ethic—and That’s a Good Thing

Freedom to control our time should lie at the heart of any struggle. 

Aug 23, 2016 / Fred Block and Frances Fox Piven

Howard Zinn and the Joy of a Political Life

Howard Zinn and the Joy of a Political Life Howard Zinn and the Joy of a Political Life

The essays in Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident remind us that Zinn was not just a historian: he was also deeply involved in the major twentieth-century struggles for social justice...

Dec 15, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Frances Fox Piven

Movements Making Noise

Movements Making Noise Movements Making Noise

The early twenty-first century will be remembered as an era of tumult and protest.

Jan 30, 2013 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven

Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite

Occupy! and Make Them Do It

Occupy! and Make Them Do It Occupy! and Make Them Do It

Elections and movements don’t proceed on separate tracks.

Mar 14, 2012 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven

A Proud, Angry Poor

A Proud, Angry Poor A Proud, Angry Poor

What the Occupy movement could do for poor people—and vice versa.

Dec 14, 2011 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven

The War Against the Poor The War Against the Poor

Occupy Wall Street has already made the concentration of wealth at the top a central issue. Now, it promises to do the same with the realities of poverty.

Nov 7, 2011 / Frances Fox Piven

Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back

Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back

Take part in a nationwide teach-in on corporate greed. And join the growing people's movement to reclaim our community and our economy.

Mar 17, 2011 / Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West

Mobilizing the Jobless

Mobilizing the Jobless Mobilizing the Jobless

More than 26 million Americans don't have enough work, while robber-baron CEOs report record profits. So why aren't the unemployed on the march?

Dec 22, 2010 / Editorial / Frances Fox Piven

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