As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements

Forty years of struggle by Brazil’s landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted

As the “co-governance” model gains traction, here’s a look into the promises and pitfalls—and how organizers are reimagining electoral politics

Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman offer key perspectives on whether movements should put pressure on political parties from the outside, or focus on gaining insider power themselves

How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness

How social movements are employing the concept of the “non-reformist reform” to promote far-reaching change

In spite of the rising popularity of concepts such as the “Overton Window,” the importance of grassroots organizing is still being underestimated

In claiming the goal of “realignment,” groups such as Sunrise and Justice Democrats are reviving an old idea, with hopes of provoking new political transformations

Politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed.

The idea that our tax dollars should not go to corporations that that pay their CEOs hundreds of times what they pay their workers: that’s a popular idea