Category: Strategy and Ideas

Correlation is Not Causation: Debunking Trump’s Tylenol Myth

November 19, 2025 Janira Skrbkova

by Jeanne Trubek Does Tylenol cause autism? Do vaccines? Do they really prevent diseases? Is melatonin bad for your heart? All of these questions have been in the news, whether last week or years ago. How do we make sense of them? The gold standard […]

“U.S. Politics Stops at the Water’s Edge” is Tragically True

November 12, 2025 John Blumenstiel

by John Blumenstiel Disclaimer: All views expressed are those of the author. We have consistent bipartisan agreement for perpetual global war and it is now coming home to roost. Exhibit A: Ukraine. The roots of the conflict lie in long-term bipartisan animosity toward first the […]

Trump’s Sovereigntist Imperialism Will Trigger Self-Defeating US Decline

February 26, 2025 Joseph Gerson

by Joseph Gerson Originally published in Common Dreams Days after November’s Trump/MAGA election victory, a senior Russian diplomat asked how great a historical transformation it signaled. Was it the equivalent of the Civil War, or the Depression era New Deal? Soon it was clear. Jamille […]

Arise & Resist Conference Provides Forum for Coalition Building and Solidarity

January 28, 2025 Grace Cowell

By Grace Cowell On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, amidst dropping temperatures and a looming snowstorm, over 300 individuals representing a variety of activist groups in Massachusetts gathered at Roxbury Community College to prepare for the political climate of the next four years. Upon arrival, […]

Para-doxing: Publicity and Privacy for activists in the Digital Age

June 26, 2024 Brian Garvey

by Brian Garvey The use of social media has revolutionized the way activism is done. The smartphone gives the ability to every person who owns one, and has an internet connection, to become a journalist. This can have serious benefits. For instance, images of the […]

Organizing and Why It Works: The Civil Rights Movement

June 26, 2024 Katrina Tummino

by Katrina Tummino We need not look far to quell any doubts about the efficacy of grassroots organizing, protests, and resistance. In the first of a four-part series on organizing history (globally and domestically), this article will focus on the Civil Rights Movement which stands […]

Breakouts for “Strategies to Build Progressive Political Power” conference

November 14, 2023 Graham Aiken

The “Strategies to Build Progressive Political Power” conference will be held on Dec 2, 2023. See full details. This page lists details of the breakout sessions. Breakouts 1 (11:30 am): Fund Healthcare Not Warfare: Maternal and Child Health; In addition to a dysfunctional Healthcare system, Americans […]