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Labor Activist Chris Smalls On Solidarity with Gaza
Labor Activist Chris Smalls On Solidarity with Gaza
Nuestra América Convoy
Nuestra América Convoy

NEW NARRATIVE POWER ISSUE

Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow
Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow
Rebuilding Our Narrative Home: A Movement’s Journey Through the Immigration Divide
Rebuilding Our Narrative Home: A Movement’s Journey Through the Immigration Divide
What We’ve Learned from State Organizers Building Narrative Power
What We’ve Learned from State Organizers Building Narrative Power
Death of the Messenger
Death of the Messenger
Moral Messaging When It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
Moral Messaging When It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
Inspiring Radical Optimism Through Solidarity Economy Storytelling: Narrative Power & The Fight Against the Mainstream
Inspiring Radical Optimism Through Solidarity Economy Storytelling: Narrative Power & The Fight Against the Mainstream
Building Community Power to Take Back Our Data
Building Community Power to Take Back Our Data
For the Record: How Social Media Users are Highlighting Media Bias and Reframing the Narrative
For the Record: How Social Media Users are Highlighting Media Bias and Reframing the Narrative
Invitation to 21st-century Orators, Griots, Futurists
Invitation to 21st-century Orators, Griots, Futurists
Winning the Reality War against Fascism and Ecological Collapse: Lessons from the Right’s Narrative Strategy
Winning the Reality War against Fascism and Ecological Collapse: Lessons from the Right’s Narrative Strategy
On the Importance of Building Narrative Infrastructure
On the Importance of Building Narrative Infrastructure
Shades of Discourse: Bridging Culture, Scholarship, and Organizing
Shades of Discourse: Bridging Culture, Scholarship, and Organizing
Power, Not Panic: Why Organizers Must Engage with AI to Build the Future We Deserve
Power, Not Panic: Why Organizers Must Engage with AI to Build the Future We Deserve
Hasbara v Irreplaceable
Hasbara v Irreplaceable
The Summer Everybody Wanted to be Puerto Rican: Cultural Strategy for Decolonial Narrative Power
The Summer Everybody Wanted to be Puerto Rican: Cultural Strategy for Decolonial Narrative Power
Looking Forward: Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow
Looking Forward: Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow
Our Prescription for Winning: Give Organizers What They Need to Thrive | The Forge
Our Prescription for Winning: Give Organizers What They Need to Thrive | The Forge
The Coming Storm In New York | The Forge
The Coming Storm In New York | The Forge
We Won’t Always Have A Mamdani: Funders Must Invest in Civic Engagement to Sustain Voter Turnout Among Marginalized Communities.
We Won’t Always Have A Mamdani: Funders Must Invest in Civic Engagement to Sustain Voter Turnout Among Marginalized Communities.
How #TeslaTakedown Combined Centralization and Decentralization to Fight Authoritarianism
How #TeslaTakedown Combined Centralization and Decentralization to Fight Authoritarianism
Updated Insights for More Effective Coalitions
Updated Insights for More Effective Coalitions
Philanthropy’s Mandate to Divest from Genocide in Palestine and Beyond | The Forge
Philanthropy’s Mandate to Divest from Genocide in Palestine and Beyond | The Forge
How Do We Break Out Of The Loop We Find Ourselves In?
How Do We Break Out Of The Loop We Find Ourselves In?

NEW HOUSING & CLIMATE ISSUE

Right to a Roof: On Climate, Crises and Care
Right to a Roof: On Climate, Crises and Care
Putting Housing on the High Road
Putting Housing on the High Road
Lessons From Helene: An Organized Community is a Safe Community
Lessons From Helene: An Organized Community is a Safe Community
What We’ve Cultivated Still Remains: Black Home, Black Memory, and Collective Resilience in a Burning World
What We’ve Cultivated Still Remains: Black Home, Black Memory, and Collective Resilience in a Burning World
Razing Liberty Square with Valencia Gunder
Razing Liberty Square with Valencia Gunder
Frontline Communities Lead the Way on Housing and Climate Justice
Frontline Communities Lead the Way on Housing and Climate Justice
Using Participatory-Action Research to Explore New Campaign Strategies in Red-Trifecta Florida
Using Participatory-Action Research to Explore New Campaign Strategies in Red-Trifecta Florida
Tenant Power and Protections on the Frontlines of Climate Crisis
Tenant Power and Protections on the Frontlines of Climate Crisis
As Climate Collapse Inches Closer, The Tenant Union Is The Best Chance We’ve Got
As Climate Collapse Inches Closer, The Tenant Union Is The Best Chance We’ve Got
The Climate Movement Must Be A Movement Against Fascism
The Climate Movement Must Be A Movement Against Fascism
Solidarity is the Solution
Solidarity is the Solution
Three Co-Governance Lessons for Organizations | The Forge
Three Co-Governance Lessons for Organizations | The Forge
How the First Amendment of the Internet Underpins Modern Activist Movements
How the First Amendment of the Internet Underpins Modern Activist Movements

Nothing's Scarier Than Fascism

Calling for a Global Approach to Countervailing Oligarchic Power
Calling for a Global Approach to Countervailing Oligarchic Power
How Liberal Legal Frameworks Become Fodder for Fascism
How Liberal Legal Frameworks Become Fodder for Fascism
148 Days and Counting: Georgia’s Battle Against Authoritarianism
148 Days and Counting: Georgia’s Battle Against Authoritarianism
Young People and The Fight Against Fascism
Young People and The Fight Against Fascism
Resisting Authoritarianism: Lessons from Arkansas
Resisting Authoritarianism: Lessons from Arkansas
Two Years After October 7th, Where is Our Movement Headed?
Two Years After October 7th, Where is Our Movement Headed?

Two Years of Genocide/Resistance

How The Fight for a Free Palestine is Changing Organizing | The Forge
How The Fight for a Free Palestine is Changing Organizing | The Forge
Cultural Boycott, and Ending Complicity in Genocide
Cultural Boycott, and Ending Complicity in Genocide
How Students Are Resisting the Politics of Supremacy | The Forge
How Students Are Resisting the Politics of Supremacy | The Forge
The Price of ‘Green Zionism’: Climate Justice and the Colonization of Palestine  | The Forge
The Price of ‘Green Zionism’: Climate Justice and the Colonization of Palestine  | The Forge
Dissenters and the Student Movement for Palestine | The Forge
Dissenters and the Student Movement for Palestine | The Forge
The Revolution Will Not Be Incorporated: Movement Infrastructure vs Nonprofit Industrial Complex
The Revolution Will Not Be Incorporated: Movement Infrastructure vs Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Philanthropy and Repression: Not the Exception—The System
Philanthropy and Repression: Not the Exception—The System
Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health | The Forge
Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health | The Forge
We Say We Want to Save Democracy. So Why Aren’t We Funding the People Who Can?
We Say We Want to Save Democracy. So Why Aren’t We Funding the People Who Can?
How Mass-Based Community Unions Could Transform the Country
How Mass-Based Community Unions Could Transform the Country
Labor’s Quiet Revolution?
Labor’s Quiet Revolution?

Black August

What Time Is It on the Clock of Abolitionist Organizing?
What Time Is It on the Clock of Abolitionist Organizing?
Abolition as a Transnational, Anti-colonial Struggle
Abolition as a Transnational, Anti-colonial Struggle
Stories From the Frontlines of Abolitionist Organizing
Stories From the Frontlines of Abolitionist Organizing
The Struggle to Stop Cop City—By Any Means Necessary
The Struggle to Stop Cop City—By Any Means Necessary
Beyond Do No Harm: Health Justice and Abolition
Beyond Do No Harm: Health Justice and Abolition

Celebrating: Frantz Fanon

Taking the Long View of History: A Conversation with Prof. John Wright
Taking the Long View of History: A Conversation with Prof. John Wright
What I Learned About Organizing From My Sex Worker Grandmother
What I Learned About Organizing From My Sex Worker Grandmother
Race, Class and Coalitions
Race, Class and Coalitions

Celebrating: Charlene Carruthers

To Build a New World
To Build a New World
Sex Work is Work
Sex Work is Work
Remaking Our Economy with Restorative Investing
Remaking Our Economy with Restorative Investing

Celebrating: June Jordan

Solidarity Is Not a Transaction
Solidarity Is Not a Transaction
Towards a New Philanthropy
Towards a New Philanthropy
Black Feminist Reflections on Palestine Liberation
Black Feminist Reflections on Palestine Liberation
Resisting Fascism: Lessons from South Asia And Its Diaspora
Resisting Fascism: Lessons from South Asia And Its Diaspora
Worker Power in Spartanburg,SC
Worker Power in Spartanburg,SC
“Electoralizing” Your Issue Campaign: The Example of Paid Sick Days
“Electoralizing” Your Issue Campaign: The Example of Paid Sick Days

The Craft of Campaigns Season 2

Intervening on Activist Tendencies
Intervening on Activist Tendencies
A Campaign Against Transgender Discrimination Pivots After Getting Stuck
A Campaign Against Transgender Discrimination Pivots After Getting Stuck
Cutting an Issue to Defend Black Voters in Michigan
Cutting an Issue to Defend Black Voters in Michigan
Justice for Janitors: A Comeback Story That Continues Today
Justice for Janitors: A Comeback Story That Continues Today
#NoCopAcademy: A Campaign Against Chicago’s ‘Cop City’
#NoCopAcademy: A Campaign Against Chicago’s ‘Cop City’
Dusting off a Seven-Year-Old Demand To Win Millions for Philly’s Public Schools
Dusting off a Seven-Year-Old Demand To Win Millions for Philly’s Public Schools
New York City Taxi Drivers Went on a Hunger Strike — and Won
New York City Taxi Drivers Went on a Hunger Strike — and Won

Juneteenth Reads

Black Feminist Reflections on Palestine Liberation
Black Feminist Reflections on Palestine Liberation
A Sieve for Black Workers
A Sieve for Black Workers
From the Traumas of America to the Shores of Africa: A Journey of Self-Healing
From the Traumas of America to the Shores of Africa: A Journey of Self-Healing
How Black Workers Challenged the Mafia
How Black Workers Challenged the Mafia
Ferguson, Palestine and “The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime”
Ferguson, Palestine and “The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime”
No One is Disposable: Migrant Justice as Abolitionist Organizing
No One is Disposable: Migrant Justice as Abolitionist Organizing
Taking the Long View of History: A Conversation with Prof. John Wright
Taking the Long View of History: A Conversation with Prof. John Wright
Time for People-Centered Policy
Time for People-Centered Policy
148 Days and Counting: Georgia’s Battle Against Authoritarianism
148 Days and Counting: Georgia’s Battle Against Authoritarianism
How Universities Can Build Community Power
How Universities Can Build Community Power
Justice for All: Road-Tested Strategies for Building a Bigger Movement
Justice for All: Road-Tested Strategies for Building a Bigger Movement

Narrative Power Reader Guide

Popular Democracy Post-Election Debrief
Popular Democracy Post-Election Debrief
Can Culture Build Power?
Can Culture Build Power?
How Cultural Strategy Drives Long-Term Change
How Cultural Strategy Drives Long-Term Change
Gen Z Is Done with Dems’ Bullshit
Gen Z Is Done with Dems’ Bullshit
Building Bottom-Up Democracy Through Co-Governance
Building Bottom-Up Democracy Through Co-Governance
Community Safety in Tumultuous Times
Community Safety in Tumultuous Times
Digital Organizing in Rural America
Digital Organizing in Rural America
We Have to Talk About Race in Rural America
We Have to Talk About Race in Rural America

Because We Need Each Other Series

Because We Need Each Other, Part I: Origin Story
Because We Need Each Other, Part I: Origin Story
Because We Need Each Other Pt.2: Understanding Cancel Culture
Because We Need Each Other Pt.2: Understanding Cancel Culture
Because We Need Each Other Pt.3: The Early Warning Signs of Cancel Culture
Because We Need Each Other Pt.3: The Early Warning Signs of Cancel Culture
Because We Need Each Other Pt.4: Interventions & Healing
Because We Need Each Other Pt.4: Interventions & Healing
Fighting Climate Change in the Global South
Fighting Climate Change in the Global South
Building Community, Building Power: Lessons from Indigenous Women in Colombia
Building Community, Building Power: Lessons from Indigenous Women in Colombia
Emancipation Over Extinction
Emancipation Over Extinction
Why Women With Incarcerated Loved Ones Are Canvassing
Why Women With Incarcerated Loved Ones Are Canvassing
What I Learned About Organizing From My Sex Worker Grandmother
What I Learned About Organizing From My Sex Worker Grandmother
Plan 2028: Bringing Labor and Social Movements Together
Plan 2028: Bringing Labor and Social Movements Together
What Time Is It on the Clock of Abolitionist Organizing?
What Time Is It on the Clock of Abolitionist Organizing?
How Four Black Women Changed Labor Organizing Forever
How Four Black Women Changed Labor Organizing Forever
The Struggle to Stop Cop City—By Any Means Necessary
The Struggle to Stop Cop City—By Any Means Necessary
Sacred Silliness as a Freedom Practice
Sacred Silliness as a Freedom Practice
Collective Breathing: Post-Election Grief, Organizing, and Surviving with a Disability
Collective Breathing: Post-Election Grief, Organizing, and Surviving with a Disability
We Have to Talk About Race in Rural America
We Have to Talk About Race in Rural America
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom”
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom”
Solidarity Is Not a Transaction
Solidarity Is Not a Transaction
Can Culture Build Power?
Can Culture Build Power?
Fear is How We Got Here: On the Zionist grip on the American Jewish Psyche
Fear is How We Got Here: On the Zionist grip on the American Jewish Psyche
Justice Begins at Home: How Collective Governance Builds Movements That Can Withstand Anything
Justice Begins at Home: How Collective Governance Builds Movements That Can Withstand Anything
Police-Free Childhoods
Police-Free Childhoods
Palestine is at the Heart of the Fight Against Trump’s Fascism
Palestine is at the Heart of the Fight Against Trump’s Fascism
From Police Reform to Abolition: What We’ve Learned in the Last Five Years
From Police Reform to Abolition: What We’ve Learned in the Last Five Years
A Call for Unity in Unlikely Places
A Call for Unity in Unlikely Places
Learning and Researching our Movement History
Learning and Researching our Movement History
“We have a way to claim the future”
“We have a way to claim the future”
Gen Z Is Done with Dems’ Bullshit
Gen Z Is Done with Dems’ Bullshit
How Abortion Won in Arizona
How Abortion Won in Arizona
The Price of ‘Green Zionism’: Climate Justice and the Colonization of Palestine
The Price of ‘Green Zionism’: Climate Justice and the Colonization of Palestine
Young People and The Fight Against Fascism
Young People and The Fight Against Fascism
Left Out: The Missing Election Narratives
Left Out: The Missing Election Narratives
COVID, Palestine, Election 2024, and the Cult of Democratic Moderation
COVID, Palestine, Election 2024, and the Cult of Democratic Moderation
I’m a Veteran Organizer From Hungary. Here Are My Lessons for the Trump Era.
I’m a Veteran Organizer From Hungary. Here Are My Lessons for the Trump Era.
Need More People Power in Times of Crisis? Run Mass Trainings
Need More People Power in Times of Crisis? Run Mass Trainings
Resisting Authoritarianism: Lessons from Arkansas
Resisting Authoritarianism: Lessons from Arkansas
How We're Rebuilding the Nation's Largest Student Organization
How We're Rebuilding the Nation's Largest Student Organization
Lessons for the Long Fight from Jewish Voice for Peace
Lessons for the Long Fight from Jewish Voice for Peace
What Megachurches Can Teach Us About Organizing: Undivided Review
What Megachurches Can Teach Us About Organizing: Undivided Review
How Black Workers Challenged the Mafia
How Black Workers Challenged the Mafia
10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
10 Ways to Be Prepared and Grounded Now That Trump Has Won
Registration for Book Talk with Marshall Ganz
A New Wave of Movements Against Trumpism Is Coming
A New Wave of Movements Against Trumpism Is Coming
How Liberal Legal Frameworks Become Fodder for Fascism
How Liberal Legal Frameworks Become Fodder for Fascism
On Woodworking and or Toolbox of Organizing Tactics
On Woodworking and or Toolbox of Organizing Tactics
The Forge's Writing Workshop For Organizers - Winter 2025 Application
The Forge's Writing Workshop For Organizers - Winter 2025 Application
Calling for a Global Approach to Countervailing Oligarchic Power
Calling for a Global Approach to Countervailing Oligarchic Power
How the Divestment Movement Can Fund the Revolution
How the Divestment Movement Can Fund the Revolution
Can Culture Build Power?
Can Culture Build Power?
Movement Media Organizations Are Uniting to Build Power
Movement Media Organizations Are Uniting to Build Power
Will the Revolution Be Funded?
Will the Revolution Be Funded?
Building Resilient Organizations
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