Experiments with truth: 5/21/09

    • Hundreds of Tamils protest outside of White House
    • 40 high school students suspended for launching a campus walk-out and protest over the firing of two teachers in Walla Walla, Washington
    • London taxi drivers protest £3 parking fee to use bathrooms
    • Hundreds of laid-off Cisco janitors plan protest outside supply chain conference where Cisco executives are scheduled to speak
    • A reverend in Chicago is fasting to raise concern about the violence in Chicago
    • Thousands of university students in Venezuela marched to protest government budget cuts in education
    • Canola farmers in Australia protest the growing of genetically modified canola with a two day fasting vigil

    Recent Stories

    • Analysis

    It’s time for movements to rethink social media

    August 13, 2026

    Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.

    • Review

    Why bravery and heartbreak are essential to organizing

    August 11, 2026

    Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.

    • Q&A

    The inside-outside strategy behind New York’s rent freeze

    August 7, 2026

    Julie Xu, a tenant organizer in Chinatown, explains why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani.