George Lakey

People at Swarthmore knew as May approached that tensions were brewing over a number of student issues. But it took the students themselves to bring those issues to light with a board meeting takeover, setting the college on a path toward reconciliation.More

Each side — those responsible for stopping movements for justice and those of us building those movements — can learn from the history of struggle.More

How a group of environmental justice activists gave the directors of a bank no choice but to listen.More

When I joined Earth Quaker Action Team’s 40-day fast recently, I had no idea just how diverse the tradition of hunger striking is.More

There is, famously, a character in Chinese that includes both crisis and opportunity. I wish activists more often thought that way and planned accordingly.More

You probably know what rank you hold in the various groups you connect with. Should activists hold ranks, too?More

Making change means that our allies need the confidence to play different roles at different times depending on our respective needs and on the common goal.More

Given deeply structured heterosexism and its link to oppression, policies toward LGBT people are changing fast. How did this movement become so effective?More

Instead of allowing themselves to be bullied by international investors into austerity measures, the Cypriots might want to learn from the Viking example.More

The ugly splits that litter the history of movements partly stems from the difficulty of waging healthy internal conflicts before they turn sour and ugly. More