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IssueVol. 085 Issue 005 (October 1 2021)
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Paid articleThe Faith of the La Follettes
EDITOR’S NOTE THE FAITH OF THE LA FOLLETTES On a Saturday in September, a few dozen people gathered in Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin, at the gravesites of Fighting Bob La Follette...
Paid articleComment
Jaffe, Sarah
COMMENT by SARAH JAFFE THE POWER AND PROMISE OF ORGANIZING What is organizing? The legendary commu­nity organizer Fred Ross once declared, “A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes...
Paid articleFurther Comment
LUEDERS, BILL
FURTHER COMMENT by BILL LUEDERS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH I n August, a group of parents in Buncombe Coun­ty, North Carolina, flocked to a local school board meeting to demand that it stop...
Paid articleNo Comment
NO COMMENT The New Normal An eight-year-old girl present when gunshots rang out during a professional baseball game in Washington, D.C., told a local television station, “It was my second...
Paid articleLetters
LETTERS Praise for Schools Package The fantastic collection of essays in “The Future of School” (August/Septem­ber issue) shines a timely spotlight on the many challenges facing our public...
Paid articleBlast from the Past
BLAST FROM THE PAST James Peter Warbasse was a former army surgeon, staunch anti-militarist, and an early advocate for socialized medicine. He founded the Cooperative League of the United States...
Paid articleOn the Line
Dermansky, Julie
ON THE LINE by JULIE DERMANSKY SAVING CANCER ALLEY Activists in a polluted stretch of Louisiana continue to .ght against new fossil fuel industry developments, despite the pandemic....
Paid articleWelcoming Refugees
Conniff, Ruth
MIDDLE AMERICA by RUTH CONNIFF WELCOMING REFUGEES I n the wake of the U.S. with­drawal from Afghanistan, Fort McCoy, an Army base in rural Monroe County, Wisconsin, has been in the process of...
Paid articleNot Taking it to the Streets
Ervin, Mike
SMART ASS CRIPPLE by MIKE ERVIN NOT TAKING IT TO THE STREETS I miss street protesting. It’s good for my soul. It’s been one of my keys for maintaining good mental health. But I’ve found that...
Paid articleCracking Down on Protest
SMOKING GUN CRACKING DOWN ON PROTEST Since January 2019, state legislators have introduced 231 bills to restrict the right of free and peaceful assembly, according to the “U.S. Protest Law...
Paid articleBiden, Democrats Face 'Pivotal Moment'
NICHOLS, JOHN
Biden, Democrats Face ‘Pivotal Moment’ Can they be pushed into doing the right things? John Nichols, a contributing writer for The Progressive, writes about politics for The Nation and is...
Paid articleCreating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement
Creating a Powerful, Broad-Based Moral Movement BY THE REVEREND DR. WILLIAM J. BARBER II, THE REVEREND DR. LIZ THEOHARIS, THE REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON SR., AND SARAH ANDERSON In the face of...
Paid articleOne World, Many Defenders
Gerhardt, Tina
In August, the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe sued the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, alleging that the agency has violated the rights of manoomin (“good berry,” Ojibwe for wild rice) by...
Paid articleFighting the Eviction Epidemic
Leanza, Emilio
Fighting the Eviction Epidemic Without a federal eviction moratorium in place, organizers are often the last line of defense for vulnerable renters. BY EMILIO LEANZA On July 30, on a humid...
Paid articleOur Housing Crisis
Livier, Zaira Emiliana
Our Housing Crisis The Tucson Tenants Union .ghts evictions, which have worsened since the beginning of the pandemic. BY ZAIRA EMILIANA LIVIER Zaira Emiliana Livier is the co-founder and...
Paid articleRefusing to Serve
Herman, Alice
REFUSINGtoSERVE Restaurant workers are rejecting low wages and deteriorating conditions. BY ALICE HERMAN May 1, nineteen workers at an IHOP in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, walked...
Paid articleThe Movement to Organize Restaurants
Tylim, Natalia
The Movement to Organize Restaurants I’m a food service worker in New York City; here’s why I’m .ghting against the chronic low pay and unstable working conditions we’ve gotten used to. BY...
Paid articleQ: How Can Activists Organize Against Economic Inequality?
Collins, Umme Hoque, Delia Vargas, and Chuck
ONE QUESTION UMME HOQUE Organizing director with the Debt Collective Right now, families are buried under $140 billion of medical debt. People put groceries on credit cards, pay rent...
Paid articleOn Becoming the Heroes We Were Waiting For
Packard, Laura
On Becoming the Heroes We Were Waiting For The Affordable Care Act saved my life. I am one of many health care activists in the United States who wouldn’t be here without it. Laura Packard is a...
Paid articleHelp for Heroes
Johnson, Sharon
Personal care attendants with the SEIU District 1199 NE health care workers union rally in front of the governor’s residence in Hartford, Connecticut, on August 3, 2021. Help for Heroes Unions...
Paid articleSolitary by Another Name
Solitary by Another Name In April, criminal justice reform advocates in New York celebrated the signing of a new law that limits solitary confinement to fifteen days. The law—called...
Paid articleUnlock Them Up!
Law, Victoria
BY VICTORIA LAW (From left to right, clockwise): Antoine Jefferson and Stacey Borden on July 4, 2021, outside the governor’s house in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Antoine Jefferson (holding...
Paid articleLibrarians to the Defense
Bader, Eleanor J.
Librarians to the Defense Groups form to .ght a conservative-led attack on libraries’ e.orts to promote social justice. BY ELEANOR J. BADER Montana librarian Jeannie Ferriss knew she’d found...
Paid article'Endless Wars' That Never Should Have Begun
Stockwell, David Bacon and Normal
‘Endless Wars’ That Never Should Have Begun PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID BACON; TEXT BY DAVID BACON AND NORMAN STOCKWELL I n the days following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Congress...
Paid articleTake This Job and Love It
Noor, Jaisal
Take This Job and Love It Worker cooperatives offer an alternative to keeping power and SUR¯WVLQWKHKDQGVRIDIHZULFK people. BY JAISAL NOOR In the six years that Michael Ugwu has...
Paid articleTaking a Knee
Zirin, Dave
BOOK EXCERPT Taking a Knee New book tells the stories of dozens of people who joined Colin Kaepernick’s protest. Here is one of them. BY DAVE ZIRIN F or Mynk Richardson-Clerk, a...
Paid article'We Have to Reduce Corporate Power'
Whitney, Jake
INTERVIEW ‘We Have to Reduce Corporate Power’ An interview with professor and activist Zephyr Teachout. BY JAKE WHITNEY Z ephyr Teachout is a law professor at Fordham University, as...
Paid articleBooks
Gilmore, Bill Lueders; Norman Stockwell; Brian
BOOKS Truths and Roses BY BILL LUEDERS In the spring of 1936, the writer George Orwell planted roses in his garden. Rebecca Solnit begins all seven sec­tions of her new book, Orwell’s...
Paid articleHomeowners of the World, Relax
Farsad, Negin
HEMMING AND HAWING by NEGIN FARSAD HOMEOWNERS OF THE WORLD, RELAX O wning a home can change you. There are changes that you might expect—like, suddenly, you care about grand molding and the...
Paid articleNo Sports Until We're Well
Zirin, Dave
EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN NO SPORTS UNTIL WE’RE WELL I n 2020, everyone wrote their analyses of COVID-19 and sports. But the truth is that we were flying blind. No one in charge of the...
Paid articlePoem
Marie, Aurielle
POEM by AURIELLE MARIE in the event i become some unrecognizable beast reader, it is so simple: i am a tender bird parading as this vulture. i love things unto their very bone & yet have...
Paid articleWorkers Want to Work, and to Get Respect
Hightower, Jim
VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER WORKERS WANT TO WORK, AND TO GET RESPECT A s a writer, I get stuck every so often trying to find the right words to tell my story. Over the years, I’ve learned...
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