Experiments with truth: 8/5/11

    • Activists with Rising Tide Australia scaled a 15-metre-high coal conveyor belt this morning at Kooragang and suspended a banner that read: “We’re sorry Somalia. Coal = climate change and starvation.”
    • A one-day general strike called in Indian Kashmir by separatists to protest the death of a shopkeeper in police custody Wednesday closed down shops, schools and offices.

    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.