Leading civil resistance scholars Erica Chenoweth and Zoe Marks have described the need for a “large-scale, multiracial, cross-class, pro-democracy front.” And Maria Stephan, writing for Just Foreign ...

Understanding the relative power matrix Let’s take a closer look at how this relative power matrix works. In the corner of each quadrant, there are mechanisms of change or ways in which you can bring ...

This raises an interesting question with regard to the current administration: Does this analogy hold for how Trump has ...

Developed in Central America during the 1980s, accompaniment strategies show how movements can reduce attacks and resist state repression.

At the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, U.S. activists reflected on what the movement can ...

Pardo believes the pandemic contributed to the movement’s strength in Barcelona. While all sectors suffered, tourism disappeared entirely in 2020 and the economy tanked. Yet, he said, the pause ...

A nonviolent movement By and large, in April and May the anti-Trump protest movement relied on protests and demonstrations rather than mass noncooperation, occupations of space or general strikes, ...

I am one of the many people whose interest in politics came only once I had been directly impacted by changing legislation. It’s not a new mentality, and not a story that’s unique to Americans. Most ...

The gravity of restoring land and self-determination to Indigenous communities in Putumayo has been underscored by a landmark ruling by the Colombian Constitutional Court in 2009 that found Indigenous ...

While strikes for specifically political purposes like deposing political leaders or affecting legislation are common in other countries — as illustrated by many of the non-U.S. examples mentioned ...

Daniel Hunter Daniel Hunter coaches and trains movements across the globe. As founder of Choose Democracy he’s helped stop Trump’s coup attempts. He has trained extensively with ethnic minorities in ...