From Occupation To Reconstruction: This Movement Is Just Beginning
Ever since I wrote a book about Occupy Wall Street, I’ve often found myself on the receiving end of people asking, “What happened to Occupy, anyway?”
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The Rolling Rebellion: People Declare Independence from Corporate Rule
For more than 10 years, Backbone Campaign has built, painted, sculpted, marched, organized, trained and occupied in the name of “human rights, thriving communities and ecological wellbeing.”
A Charter for Democracy
Whatever happened to the 15-M Movement? Where did Occupy go?
Why Transition is all about politics
Although Transition isn’t party political, it’s a global social movement that seeks to create massive social and economic change.
CommonsFest in Greece: A Movement Expands
For a country suffering from economic devastation and political upheaval, Greece is not accustomed to bursts of optimism.
The Play’s the Thing
Politically, America may still have a long way to go before everybody’s on the same page with regard to anthropogenic climate change and the imperative to take immediate action.
Jackson Rising Merges Black Power, Solidarity Economy and Democracy
…the ‘Jackson Rising’ conference in Jackson, Mississippi…was a highly successful and intensive exploration of Black power, the solidarity economy and the possibilities unleashed for democratic change when radicals win urban elections.
Stories will lead us back to the forest
Forget ultimate truth; forget the consensus view of the future. In the end, it came down to which belief engendered energy, openness and possibility…
Presence and Encounter – How We Meet Is As Important As Why
As we change the way we govern our communities, our cities, and our ecosystems, a variety of different actors and stakeholders – formal and informal, big and small – need to work together…
Black Farming, Self Determination and Resilience
Dr. Monica White – through her work on Black farmers and liberation movements – taught me (or reminded me, because it was in my ancestral memory) that there is a very powerful relationship between African Americans and the land that must be remembered.
The struggle to defend La Famantina is forever: how social movements in Argentina are close to changing history
La Rioja, Cordoba and other movements in Argentina are showing, not only how to defend what they have, but also how to transform it together in order to create new ‘commons’ – new spaces that are held and used collectively.
Brought Together by Pipeline Fight, “Cowboys and Indians” Heal Old Wounds
What they “get” is a connection to land, the sense that one’s identity is rooted in a particular place that cannot be sold or exchanged for another.
