Activist Diaries is a Z Original series platforming the diverse people driving social change. Their diary entries give an inside look at the work, vision, and strategy behind their campaigns, and into the ups and downs of organizing.
Back in the early 2000s, I was doing a lot of neighborhood based organizing against the war in Iraq. My partner and…
āIf there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who…
How to handle scarcity It’s the end of May, and a storm is brewing. The sky is grumbling in preparation, but it…
The metabolic fault-line is open. Just bang the hammer. And capitalism will collapse. I live in one of the most contaminated areas…
My chest is still sore like having done too many push-ups, or taken a knock. Itās from the shoves of the police āGet…
Hurricane Helene killed at least 230 people across six states in the southeastern United States. Western North Carolina was especially devastated, with…
You might survive a nuclear strike, but I won’t. I live on the Sharpie X that some foreign general scratched upon the…
Courtrooms create great theater. We recognize the dramatic tension between static, formal systems of protocol that protect vested interests, and the contrary…
It was a privilege to sit and stand, to chant and dance a bit. To savour the moment and enjoy vegan chocolates…
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