After the collapse of state infrastructure and services amid war in Sudan, mutual aid networks stepped up to fill the gaps.

Amir Bergen and Kanstanstin Tsiarokhin, co-founders of the Svet Peace Project, discuss how education and dialogue can bring people together across divides.

The climate movement needs the leverage that comes from a strike shutting down the economy — and it can only get there through deep organizing with workers.

As we approach midterm elections shadowed by threats of violence, there are freely available trainings for people who want to protect the vote.

Gal Beckerman’s book "How to Be a Dissident" finds that courage isn't reserved for the heroic few. It's something we can all cultivate.

Roz Lee from Nonviolent Peaceforce discusses how they are partnering with communities responding to violence and and ICE activity in the U.S.

As ICE pursues stateless refugees, Bhutanese communities are turning the threat of deportation into collective action.

Through crackdowns and killings by Pakistan, a three-year-old movement that began over flour and electricity prices has stood strong.

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

An Arizona community’s plan to reuse an invasive weed to construct low-income housing shows that when we can't pressure the top, we can build from below.

As the genocide in Gaza nears its fourth year, communities across the U.S. are pressuring local governments to break the supply chain of weapons to Israel.

Alice Echols’ new history of the Panthers and SNCC, “Black Power, White Heat,” emphasizes the possibility — and power — of solidarity across difference.

A global campaign proves that ordinary people can free political prisoners through the simple act of standing witness.

In a case with sweeping implications, supporters are fighting hard to defend the Minneapolis organizers singled out for resisting ICE.

Educator Safoora Arbab discusses the remarkable nonviolent movement that emerged among the Pashtun people in the Northwest Frontier of British India.

Fifty years after a mass movement for peace helped end the Vietnam War, US bombs are still exploding in Laos, and there’s a renewed push for reparations.

By creating “Sanctuary Zones” that refuse to cooperate with ICE or police, a coalition in Atlanta is building the infrastructure to practice real community safety.

A recent bus tour of US judges proves the power of meeting people in their communities to talk about why the rule of law matters in their everyday lives.

Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and that's the part we keep skipping.

Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.

Nuclear abolitionist Anna Ikeda discusses interfaith peacebuilding and why humanity — not technology — will determine our future.

Julie Xu, a tenant organizer in Chinatown, explains why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

As the threat of federal interference looms over the midterms, we can look to D.C., where grassroots election protectors stood up to federal troops.

Participants explain the secret to the "good vibes" that have sustained Albania's flamingo revolution as a peaceful protest for over 60 days.

For over 670 days, refugees trapped in a UN camp have maintained a daily sit-in in the Sahara Desert to demand basic human rights.

The Cockroach Party ousted a government minister and agreed to leave the streets of New Delhi — now the question is what structures remain to get its other demands met.

Three emerging feminist leaders have a vision for real climate action — and it starts with centering the voices of youth, women and Indigenous people.

Economic analyst Steven Qi discusses how stable economies can be a form of peacebuilding.

The Waging Nonviolence Fellowship is a five-month journalistic training program that offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced editors and generate a body of clips on an undercovered mov...

Catholic nonviolence organizer Marie Dennis discusses how we resist systems of domination in an age of rapidly advancing technology.

As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.

Engaging in generative conflict by asking tough strategic questions was an important step on the road to New York City’s rent freeze.

Nancy Kurshan, cofounder of theatrical antiwar group the Yippies, discusses her new memoir and how counterculture can revitalize our movements.

India’s Cockroach Janta Party started as a meme, but it has transformed into a real youth movement challenging failed institutions.

This month, the Albert Einstein Institution launches a new People-Powered Training Platform.

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate it’s 250th year, it’s time for a (significant) revision to the pledge of allegiance.

Environmental activist Robin Greenfield discusses how a life of simplicity leads to greater freedom, joy and connection.

Only by repairing a legacy of stolen lives, stolen labor and stolen land can we find the path to a more perfect union — and a new zine offers a roadmap.

Zayd Ayers Dohrn’s new book about his Weatherman parents, “Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young,” contends honestly with the political violence of the 1970s.

Millions of people are finding meaningful ways to resist despite the Trump’s attempts to quell dissent and tilt the playing field.

Jared Kushner’s planned luxury resort in Albania has sparked the largest pro-democracy movement since the fall of communism.

Campaign Nonviolence Action Days invites people into the existing movement toward a nonviolent, equitable and livable world.

Animal rights activist Zoe Rosenberg discusses her nonviolent commitment to defending animals and repression in the movement.

The passage of New York's statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing and winning in both blue and red parts of the country.

By separating our immediate demands from end goals, the left can speak to the real fears people are living with today.

David Wise’s new experimental play, “Fight Back,” opens a portal to an earlier era of organizing by reenacting a contentious ACT UP meeting.

Communities in World Cup host cities are holding know-your-rights trainings and ICE-free events to keep immigrants safe.

To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.

As Japan deepens its allegiance to US military interests, Japanese artists are finding creative ways to foster a stronger culture of political dissent.