The current wave of protests must articulate winnable demands with regard to policing (which will vary greatly depending on geographical location/political context) while simultaneously articulating demands that meet the primary material needs of poor and working class people (wages, housing, debt)

Dangerous regimes all over the world have been driven out by the people in sustained, non-violent protest demanding the removal of the regime and refusing to go home until their demand is met

Taxpayer-Funded Drug Research Should Require Open-Source Sharing by BigPharma, Not Profiteering Patents. Let’s Start With the Coronavirus Vaccine

Despite the outpouring of praise for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, their own interests continue to come second to the broader public’s need for cheap and reliable labor

More than 4,300 shipbuilders at the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, are entering the sixth week of the largest private sector strike in the U.S. this year

I’m old. Out of shape and with a nagging injury that makes it hard to run. But I have to be out there because the determination of these kids is extraordinary. They are fighting for you. They are fighting for your kids and family

We should not confuse public safety with investments in systems of punishment

Because the overwhelming majority of Portlanders have been demonstrating for Black Lives Matter in nonviolent ways, elected officials are mobilizing against Trump’s intervention. If the majority had been violent, Trump’s intervention would be welcomed by the center

The Military-Industrial Complex as a Cytokine Storm

Taking a page from Hitler’s Brownshirts, Donald Trump is sending his secret paramilitary forces into U.S. cities to terrorize the population

Trump’s deployment of federal officers to Democratic-run cities is extreme even for him

“There’ll Be Some Changes Made”:

The purpose of the encampments is to house people, but to also create a space where “they are treated with dignity, like they have the right to exist.”

The Portland police have been cagey about how they work with the feds. Deputy Chief Chris Davis has said Portland police offered “suggestions” to the federal forces and coordinated efforts with them.

Our politicians have other ideas

“His entire attention is this one issue on his mind: that’s the election. He has to cover up for the fact he is personally responsible for killing tens of thousands of Americans. It’s impossible to conceal that for much longer.”

“We are standing at the threshold of abrupt change in permafrost carbon emissions.”

A new book offers snapshots of struggles and intimate stories about life during the pandemic from across the globe, reminding us who we really are

The youth-led protests appear to have taken a page from Hong Kong’s highly decentralized pro-democracy movement last year

“I just want everyone to know that educators, when we fight, we’re not just going to fight for us. We’re going to fight for those parents that are being forced to make a choice between having to go to work and putting their kids in the school building.”