Occupy Wall Street

What We Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street for Today's Tax Fight

The movement galvanized public outrage and begged for a fundamental shift from a system that was rigged in favor of corporations and the wealthy. The lesson from the last year and a half is that this kind of shift can happen.

Amy Hanauer · Sep 17, 2021

New Analysis Shows US Police 3 Times More Likely to Use Violence Against Leftist Protesters Than Far-Right

Brett Wilkins · Jan 14, 2021

David Graeber, 1961-2020: History is a Living Weapon

Richard Eskow · Sep 4, 2020

Progressive Patriotism for July 4

Peter Dreier · Jul 4, 2019

Academia, Grassroots Organizations, and Debt

Ann Larson · Apr 22, 2019

Michael Moore Turns Up the Heat in Fahrenheit 11/9

The cinematic son of America’s industrial proletariat launches a blistering broadside

Ed Rampell · Sep 19, 2018

Dying From ALS, Ady Barkan Will Save U.S. Democracy if It's the Last Thing He Does

“We’re on the verge of a political revolution.”

Will Bunch · Aug 1, 2018

Just How Rich are the Ultra Rich?

Some rich people fly first class to fancy hotels. Others fly private jets to private islands.

Josh Hoxie · Jun 14, 2018

Trump Might Be Leading the US to Another Meltdown

Following the quiet rollback of Obama-era Wall Street regulations, the US may be on the verge of yet another crash

Larry Beinhart · Jun 3, 2018

The New Poor People’s Campaign: Seeds of a Non-Party Opposition?

All of us who have participated in one or another aspect of what has come to be known as the Trump Resistance should think about how we should be connecting with the new Poor People’s Campaign—and with each other.

Jeremy Brecher · May 14, 2018

The Spirit of 1968 Is Inextinguishable —Even 50 Years Later

This rebellious era shaped radical activists – and aggressive capitalists. What can we learn from 1968, for democratic change today?

Hilary Wainwright · May 5, 2018

The DCCC’s Mind Games and the Ballad of Roy Moore

Progressive candidates deserve better than comparisons to Roy Moore and intimidation tactics by establishment heavyweights inside the Democratic Party

Roy Eidelson · May 1, 2018

Class Dismissed: Class Conflict and Teacher Rebellion in Red State America

Insurgent teachers are instructing us all about a tale of denial for which we’ve paid a heavy price.

Steve Fraser · Apr 17, 2018

'We are the 99%': But Richest 1% Will Soon Own Two-Thirds Of World's Wealth

Anger over inequality reaches a ‘tipping point’

Common Dreams staff · Apr 7, 2018

The Largest Protests In American History Are Happening Now. Expect Them To Get Bigger.

A combustible array of variables, including the rise in authoritarianism and anti-authoritarianism worldwide and technology that makes it easier to organize sibling marches, have contributed to historic turnouts.

Heather Dockray · Mar 27, 2018

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