The Medics for the People initiative promoted by the Workers’ Party of Belgium provides free primary care as a basis for organising working-class communities.

As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.

As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.

As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, historian Jeremy Varon discusses what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.

As Trump wages an unpopular war with Iran, Jeremy Varon discusses what lessons from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War.

In a world of AI and data centers and phones in our pockets that demand continual attention, Berry’s voice remains as important as ever.

The Medics for the People initiative promoted by the Workers’ Party of Belgium provides free primary care. It offers direct aid to the population, not out of charity but as a basis for organizing work...

Zohran Mamdani can take labor law enforcement beyond traditional mechanisms by empowering workers themselves to enforce the law on the job, building peer education and empowering shop-floor workplace ...

The success of Organize NYC, a new initiative designed to bring a grassroots base into the guts of the governing process, will have implications for the left outside the five boroughs.

The success of Organize NYC, a new initiative designed to bring a grassroots base into the guts of the governing process, will have implications for the left outside the five boroughs.

The success of Organize NYC, a new initiative designed to bring a grassroots base into the guts of the governing process, will have implications for the left outside the five boroughs.

The Whirlwind Institute is a social change strategy center directed by Mark and Paul Engler. We provide articles, analysis, and research on critical issues facing progressive movements in the United S...

The founder of the Highlander Center’s life and writing contain crucial lessons for building long-lasting institutions—ones that support organizations and everyday people through the peaks and valleys...

Our studies in civil resistance offer insight into the level of popular organizing needed to repel assaults on democracy

We are excited to announce the release of a new and expanded edition of our book on the power of mass mobilization.

A first-person account of living through a movement whirlwind.

The founder of the Highlander Center’s life and writing contain crucial lessons for building long-lasting institutions—ones that support organizations and everyday people through the peaks and valleys...

The MLK Day holiday also provides an occasion to hold up some of the great leaders of the civil rights movement.

Here at the Whirlwind Institute, we are looking forward to an exciting 2026 with the launch of several new projects.

The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.

The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.

The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.

Considering how we can encourage new and creative strategies for making change.

Whirlwind Institute senior research associate Guille Bervejillo examines what we can learn from the life of Uruguay’s former president Pepe Mujica.

What we can learn from the life of Uruguay’s former guerrilla and leftist president Pepe Mujica.

With wealth inequality and billionaire control over American society growing ever more obscene, it’s well past time to implement a maximum wage limit.

Whirlwind Institute analyst Celeste Pepitone-Nahas looks at steps toward capping executive pay.

What distinguishes Zohran Mamdani's socialism is not its aims. It’s his willingness to take seriously the problem of how to get there.

Politicians regularly partner with business, when they should collaborate with grassroots movements.

There's no need to wait for resistance. It is happening now.

There's no need to wait for resistance. It is happening now.

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

A while back I had an interesting conversation with my older son, who is in 7th grade.

A new “Solidarity Pledge" is a vital part of the effort to build a grassroots response to Trump’s flood-the-zone assault.

Living well and fighting back in a time of terrors

To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.

The right is building breadth and depth for the MAGA movement. We need to do it better to fight back.