As movements prepare to resist Trump, here are six key concepts drawn from the Beautiful Trouble and Beautiful Rising toolboxes that may prove useful.

Over 2014 artists and cultural workers in Ferguson and around the country responded to the shooting death of Michael Brown in a stunning diversity of ways.

The strange alchemy of disruption and sacrifice.

What mainstream commentators get wrong about the historic uprisings of 1989, and what civil resistance gets right.

In honor of the disruption of the St. Louis symphony to protest the killing of Michael Brown, here are a few strategic and tactical ways to use song well.

Lessons from the Salt March for today’s social movements.

Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul?

In honor of Jose Bové, here’s 9 examples of farmers, janitors, musicians and fire fighters wielding their own ordinary tools in extraordinary protests.

As part of the tidal wave of citizen diplomacy, the Soviet American Sail in 1989 helped fuel worldwide struggles for democracy, environmental work, and an end to the Cold War.

Where insider politics fails, a transformational approach can turn the impossible into the inevitable.