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“We're going to need a lot more in-person opportunities for us to expand our humanity,” says organizer Mariame Kaba.

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When ICE Came to Our Chicago Neighborhood, We Were Ready to Respond

Hundreds of people poured into the streets of Rogers Park, a result of months of work building solidarity and networks.

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Kelly Hayes

Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago

Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.

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Kelly Hayes

Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship

"There is no neutral ground in this moment. You're either resisting or you're complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.

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Kelly Hayes

Tear Gas and Protest Music — Fighting ICE on the Ground in Chicago

The resistance centered around Chicago's Broadview ICE detention center shows our radical solidarity against fascism.

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Kelly Hayes

Raids, Retaliation, and Radical Solidarity in Chicago

“History shows us that repression always breeds resistance," says Chicago organizer Miguel Alvelo Rivera.

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How Should Activists Engage With Troops Deployed in Our Cities?

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Kelly Hayes

The Trap of Law and Order Under Fascism

“There's no rule of law that's going to get us out of where we are,” says Andrea Ritchie.

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Kelly Hayes

Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block

“When people are fighting displacement, they're fighting for their class interests,” says Andrew Lee.

21.08.2025 3

Kelly Hayes

As Trump Turns DC Into a Fascist Laboratory, We Must Mount Our Own Defenses

Facing militaristic consolidation in US cities, it is up to all of us to define the politics of opposition.

13.08.2025 5

Kelly Hayes

Public Assemblies Strengthen Community Resistance to Rising Authoritarianism

Assemblies are “a unique opportunity for people to build a democracy that has yet to be born,” says Denzel Caldwell.

07.08.2025 10

Kelly Hayes

The Epstein Case Is Not a Distraction. It Shows How Elite Impunity is Sustained.

The sustained attention around the Epstein files lets us shine a light on the bipartisan architecture of impunity.

31.07.2025 10

Kelly Hayes

Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite

“They understand that what they're doing is devastating, and they're doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.

26.06.2025 9

Kelly Hayes

The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — and It Won’t Stop at Immigrants

“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah.

12.06.2025 50

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After Elon Musk’s Federal Chainsaw, What Comes Next for Labor?

Kelly Hayes and Eric Blanc unpack the fallout of Musk’s cuts and assess where things stand for the labor movement.

03.06.2025 3

Kelly Hayes

Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth

“Making durable changes isn't always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.

29.05.2025 10

Kelly Hayes

Liberal Faith in Checks and Balances Betrays Deeper Investment in Law and Order

As other branches of government fail to check the Trump administration, the balance of power shifts toward oligarchs.

28.05.2025 4

Kelly Hayes

How Do We Organize Through Exhaustion, Grief and Uncertainty?

Projects that help explain to people what’s happening are what’s going to help them make collective sense of the moment.

24.05.2025 3

Kelly Hayes

We Live in Fearful Times. Our Safety Comes Through Preparing Together.

“Now is the time to be bold and audacious,” says community safety organizer Che Johnson-Long.

15.05.2025 9

Kelly Hayes

How to Fight Fascism in a Captured State

A union exists whenever a group of people work together to solve a problem they couldn't alone, says Shane Burley.

01.05.2025 6

Kelly Hayes

By Refusing to Surrender Our Humanity, We Are Still Able to Fight Back

Sarah Kendzior discusses the Trump administration’s politics of disposability and the movement towards authoritarianism.

23.04.2025 3

Kelly Hayes

Fascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?

“We don't get to choose the people who show up for us and who save us sometimes,” says Ejeris Dixon.

17.04.2025 4

Kelly Hayes

“We Can Only Survive This Together” — Refusing Trump’s Campus Repression

“What we're seeing is one of the oldest tricks in the authoritarian handbook,” says Palestinian scholar Eman Abdelhadi.

12.04.2025 3

Kelly Hayes

Let’s Be Politically Promiscuous

“Our movements are pretty much just made of our relationships,” says author and activist Dean Spade.

03.04.2025 5

Kelly Hayes

New Forms of Resistance Are Springing Up Under the Trump-Musk Regime

Organizer Daniel Hunter says we’re seeing a greater range of tactics under Trump 2.0 — and that should give us hope.

01.04.2025 3

Kelly Hayes

Movement in Opposition to “DOGE” Plans Day of Protests Outside Tesla Showrooms

A Global Day of Action on March 29 has been sparked by Elon Musk's efforts to gut federal programs and agencies.

28.03.2025 30

Kelly Hayes

We Must Burst Our Algorithmic Bubbles and Build Together Across Difference

“We need each other, and interdependence is key to survival for human beings,” says organizer Mariame Kaba.

20.03.2025 4

Kelly Hayes

They Came for Mahmoud Khalil in the Night, and They Will Come for Us, Too

We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.

14.03.2025 6

Kelly Hayes

Elon Musk Is Leading a Far Right Anti-Empathy Revolution

Musk views empathy as a “bug” that threatens his political agenda. This framing is instructive.

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Kelly Hayes

Fight Fear, Build Power: Community Defense Works

“This kind of repression, part of its intention is to isolate people,” says organizer Nikki Marín Baena.

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Let’s Learn and Live Lessons in Collective Survival Together

“We are really good at finding what's wrong with each other,” says author and podcaster Margaret Killjoy.

20.02.2025 3

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Here’s How Chicago Educators Are Defending Their Students From Trump’s Attacks

They’ve created resources that may be helpful to other teachers who are developing sanctuary plans to protect students.

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Kelly Hayes

We Won’t Take Risks Alone. Our Relationships Make a Better World Possible.

Tenant unions can teach us to strategize “with every lever that we have,” says tenant organizer Tracy Rosenthal.

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We Aren’t Powerless in the Face of Trump’s Outrageous, Anti-Trans Edicts

We can’t prevent all of this administration’s harms, but we can greatly diminish their impacts if we organize.

31.01.2025 2

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Trump Needs Public Cooperation to Enact a Fascist Vision. Here’s How We Refuse.

Our resistance to fascistic policies must be grounded in our sense of justice, rather than arguments about what’s legal.

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Kelly Hayes

In 2025, We Must Show Up for Each Other and Our Movements

A new, intimidating year is upon us. Catastrophes abound and the threat of autocracy looms large. As we prepare ourselves for the struggles ahead,...

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Let’s Create New Traditions That Celebrate Mutual Care for the Holidays

Every year, I take joy in supporting the Holiday Solidarity Toy Drive organized by Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration (MUAVI). Launched...

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We Can’t Relinquish Our Demands and Solely Play Defense During Trump’s Next Term

For many of our readers, the writings of Kelly Hayes and Maya Schenwar — longtime organizers and oft-time collaborators — are likely touchstones...

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With Anger Roiling Around Health Insurance, Will We See a Class Awakening?

On Monday, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was arrested for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. In the days following the December 4...

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How Immigration Organizers Are Gearing Up for Another Trump Era

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2 Months After Hurricane Helene, How Are Impacted Local Organizers Coping?

“It’s been two months since the storm,” Asheville organizer Sarah Nuñez told me. “Two months that felt more like six.” In late September, Hurricane...

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Rebecca Nagle Calls for Confronting the Legacy of Colonization and Its Ongoing Threat to Native Rights

The Thanksgiving holiday is rooted in colonial myth-making. While many gatherings this week will be divorced from that mythology, this is...

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Let’s Move Beyond Blame to Fight for Each Other in the Face of Fascism

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The Right Is Crafting Its Own Horror Story to Cast “Others” as Monsters

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The 2024 presidential election is creating major safety concerns for election officials, poll watchers, activists, and marginalized communities....

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