Protest

Activists run after being hit by a stun grenade while protesting against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the sidelines of the inauguration in Washington.

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer Got Punched—You Can Thank the Black Bloc Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer Got Punched—You Can Thank the Black Bloc

A dispatch from inside the J20 protests.

Jan 22, 2017 / Natasha Lennard

Donald Trump

The Great Trump Heist Is Underway The Great Trump Heist Is Underway

Protests erupted almost immediately in the streets of Washington.

Jan 20, 2017 / George Zornick

The Relevance of Hope Under Trump

The Relevance of Hope Under Trump The Relevance of Hope Under Trump

Hope belongs to the left.

Jan 20, 2017 / Ronald Aronson

A Brief History of Women’s Protests

A Brief History of Women’s Protests A Brief History of Women’s Protests

Starting from Lysistrata.

Jan 19, 2017 / Michelle Dean

We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him.

We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him. We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him.

Frances Fox Piven on strategies of protest, David Cole on freedom of speech, and Katha Pollitt on the Women’s March.

Jan 19, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Utah Protesters

How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend

Are you traveling to the nation’s capital this weekend? Here’s what you can do. 

Jan 18, 2017 / George Zornick

Protesters at the Human Be-In, San Francisco 1967

All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance

Then, as now, many in the political classes looked down on supposedly impractical efforts to change consciousness.

Jan 13, 2017 / Danny Goldberg

UPenn Trump Protesters

In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell In the Wake of Trump, a Black-Student Groundswell

We know, from our history and social-studies and literature classes, the value of peaceful protest and civil disobedience.

Dec 16, 2016 / StudentNation / Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation, Grace Dolan-Sandrino, and Zahri Jackson

Mouffe in Spain

America in Populist Times: An Interview With Chantal Mouffe America in Populist Times: An Interview With Chantal Mouffe

One of the preeminent theorists on democracy, social movements, and populism, her work was an inspiration to Podemos in Spain and Syriza in Greece.

Dec 15, 2016 / Waleed Shahid

Columbia Library

Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First

Columbia’s graduate students have just become the first in over a decade to win a union at a private university through an NLRB election process.

Dec 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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