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John Nichols: How to Build a Movement (Movements, Society)

What qualities and characteristics can help create a real movement?

Francis Reynolds
Gayatri Spivak: The Long and Short of Capitalism’s Demise (Occupy Wall Street, Social Justice, Activism)

Agitating for change beyond the general strike.

Francis Reynolds
May Day 2012, New York City (Occupy Wall Street, Activism)

Footage from New York City's massive May Day protests.

Francis Reynolds
A Q&A With Harry Kelber: 'Working People Have to Be Involved in Their Own Fate' (Occupy Wall Street, Labor Organizing and Activism, Activism)

Lessons from over eight decades of labor activism.

Josh Eidelson
Reimagining the General Strike [VIDEO] (Occupy Wall Street, Activism, Labor)

The general strike was once a powerful tactic for labor. Can it be revived?

Francis Reynolds
May Day
Ten Things to Support Occupy on May Day—and Beyond (Occupy Wall Street, Labor)

 Plug into the spirit Occupy on May Day and throughout the spring.

The Nation
General Strike
Occupy Activists Resurrect May Day for Americans (Occupy Wall Street, Labor)

Outside the US, May 1 is international workers’ day. Unions, immigrant activists and Occupiers are now resurrecting May Day for Americans. 

Peter Dreier
Gayatri Spivak: The General Strike Is Not Reformist (Occupy Wall Street, Activism)

Where does the idea of catastrophic change come from?

Francis Reynolds
David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World? (Occupy Wall Street, Music, Society)

Hip hop and the Occupy movement have even more in common than you might think.

On The Earth Productions
Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike (Occupy Wall Street, Activism, Labor, Society)

What are some alternative tactics to create a different, more powerful general strike?

Francis Reynolds

Blogs

Why Are Feminists So Angry?
Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti speaks to Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast in Texas about anger, activism, and reproductive rights.

January 30, 2013
Soccer and Egypt's Current 'State of Emergency'
Dave Zirin

Soccer fan clubs helped topple Hosni Mubarak. Now they’re protesting the Morsi regime and its defense of murderous security forces.

January 29, 2013
Is Federal Education Policy Racially Discriminatory?
Melissa Harris-Perry

Who ends up being most affected by urban schools closings?

January 28, 2013
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years On, Nothing Much Has Changed in Egypt
Nation in the News

Protesters again are demanding bread, freedom and social justice under new president Mohamed Morsi.

January 25, 2013
Upcoming Films on WikiLeaks Already Hit by Assange and Supporters
Greg Mitchell

Two movies on the group have already drawn criticism from their subjects.

January 24, 2013
Katha Pollitt and Sarah Posner: Why the Double Standard for Abortion Rights and 'Viagra Rights'?
Nation in the News

On bloggingheads.tv, Nation columnist Katha Pollitt breaks down the meaning of "pro-choice" and the direction of the pro-choice movement.

January 23, 2013
Obama's First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests
Lee Fang

President Barack Obama’s second term will be shaped by his battles with big business lobbyists in his first. 

January 22, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement
StudentNation

A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.

January 18, 2013
'Scholarslip': A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis
StudentNation

Featuring the stories of three university students, each experiencing different, yet broadly representative, personal and financial struggles, all sharing a common desire to pursue a college degree.

January 10, 2013
Steubenville Rape Case: Weekend Updates, as Protests Mount
Greg Mitchell

Following the media coverage of the controversy and the protests it has sparked.

January 7, 2013