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Keystone XL protest

The moment couldn't have been more ripe for a real advance in the fight against climate change.

Occupy Wall Street protesters hold a general assembly

Judge Michael Stallman ruled that the occupiers have not “demonstrated that they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park.”

An Occupy Wall Street protester

Attacks on peaceful protesters rarely make the police or government look anything but weak and cowardly.

A major redistribution of global power is underway and arrangements that once hugely benefited the American people are coming undone.

With foreclosure and unemployment rates even higher for veterans, their participation in the Occupy movement was inevitable.

The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have much in common, though most of the reporting on them in the mainstream media has obscured the similarities.

In this new video series, Reich takes on corporate influence in the political system and economic inequality in a way that only the former secretary of labor can.

 What is the state of progressive movements in America today?

Blogs

Anti-GMO activists will stage a week of protests in St. Louis, home of the Monsanto Corporation, starting on the anniversary of OWS, September 17, 2012.

September 5, 2012

Tuesday’s provincial election was a pretty good day for the Quebec student movement.

September 5, 2012

Ten undocumented protesters are arrested at the DNC, and a prominent activist is pre-emptively detained for reportedly being on a terrorist watch list.

September 5, 2012

Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets to protest corporate greed as the Democratic National Convention kicks off this week in Charlotte. 

September 4, 2012

In their final stop before arriving to Charlotte for the DNC, UndocuBus riders continue to inspire others to come out of the shadows in North Carolina.

August 31, 2012

On their way to the Democratic National Convention, UndocuBus riders find community in Knoxville, Tennessee. 

August 30, 2012

Protests erupt outside, and also inside, the Republican National Convention.

August 29, 2012

Protesters are met with intense security measures, while some continue to live in “Romneyville.”

August 27, 2012

Protesters prepare to head south for the DNC and RNC.

August 20, 2012

The VP candidate may love Rage Against the Machine’s music. But Rage guitarist Tom Morello says: “Paul Ryan is the embodiment of the machine our music rages against.”

August 17, 2012
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