Search results for "Lakey"

Articles (216)
  • Analysis

Bayard Rustin knew that winning required a team
November 17, 2023
  • Analysis

There are nonmilitary alternatives to Israel’s war in Gaza
November 7, 2023
  • Analysis

What should we do with the perpetrators of the climate crisis?
July 18, 2023
  • Analysis

How a small activist sailing ship successfully challenged the nuclear arms race
May 19, 2023
  • Excerpt

How activists sailed into a war zone and helped build the mass movement against the Vietnam War
December 5, 2022
  • Analysis

How nonviolent strategy and training won a key victory in the anti-apartheid sports boycott
October 11, 2022
  • Announcement

George Lakey’s ‘Meeting Our Challenges’ tour
September 18, 2022
  • Analysis

How to rise above partisan politics to uphold our democracy
September 15, 2022
  • Analysis

How going outside our comfort zones puts us in touch with our power
September 13, 2022
  • Analysis

Remembering the genius of Bayard Rustin
August 30, 2022
  • Analysis

How activists can fight through doom and gloom to be more effective
May 3, 2022
  • Analysis

Ukraine’s secret weapon may prove to be civilian resistance
February 27, 2022
  • Analysis

The dangerous assumption that violence keeps us safe
February 26, 2022
  • Analysis

Ukraine doesn’t need to match Russia’s military might to defend against invasion
February 25, 2022
  • Analysis

Should fighting for democracy take priority over building powerful social movements?
January 6, 2022
  • Announcement

WNV’s top stories of 2021
December 30, 2021
  • Review

How to counter the growing threat of agent provocateurs
December 3, 2021
  • Feature

Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education
October 12, 2021
  • Analysis

As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements?
August 18, 2021
  • Analysis

Everyone has a role to play in stopping the Line 3 pipeline
August 2, 2021

    Arrested in rocking chairs, grandparents protest Chase and pressure Biden on climate
    July 3, 2021
    • Feature

    How 1971’s Mayday actions rattled Nixon and helped keep Vietnam from becoming a forever war
    April 29, 2021
    • Analysis

    Could the left withstand a coup attempt if it ever won the presidency?
    and George Lakey
    March 1, 2021
    • Analysis

    Despite flagrant assault on the Capitol, the pillars of democracy are holding
    January 7, 2021
    • Announcement

    WNV’s top stories of 2020
    December 30, 2020
    • Analysis

    Choose Democracy’s whirlwind effort to prevent a coup is a crash course in good organizing
    December 15, 2020
    • Analysis

    What Trump’s claim of a ‘stolen election’ means for activists today
    November 11, 2020

      How to face right-wing violence while defending the election — a conversation with George Lakey
      October 15, 2020
      • Analysis

      What will it take to defend the election? Here’s one winning strategy
      September 10, 2020
      • Analysis

      Mass direct action might be the only way to stop Trump from stealing the election
      August 27, 2020
      • Analysis

      We need a plan to prevent a Trump takeover — and this anti-coup research shows the way
      August 11, 2020
      • Feature

      A century later, the women’s suffrage movement offers a timely lesson on how to win through escalation
      July 30, 2020
      • Analysis

      Understanding Trump’s game plan in Portland could be the key to preventing a coup in November
      July 25, 2020
      • Analysis

      In times of rapid change, victory comes to those who train for it
      June 30, 2020
      • Analysis

      Today’s progressive movements must learn from Black Lives Matter — and join together
      June 12, 2020
      • Analysis

      Lessons for resisting police violence and building a strong racial justice movement
      June 2, 2020
      • Feature

      When activist burnout was a problem 50 years ago, this group found a solution
      May 21, 2020
      • Analysis

      The pandemic is an opportunity for major change — we need to get ready to come out charging
      April 18, 2020
      • Analysis

      How can nations best prepare to face a pandemic or climate crisis?
      April 3, 2020
      • Analysis

      US opinion is shifting in favor of the Nordic model — can activists keep up?
      March 30, 2020
      • Analysis

      As coronavirus opens the door to big changes, the left’s most attractive vision faces pushback
      March 25, 2020
      • Analysis

      By prioritizing electability we hurt the movements needed to beat Trump
      February 27, 2020
      • Long Read

      Can now really be the best time to be alive? A dialogue across generations
      and Yotam Marom
      December 26, 2019
      • Analysis

      Why doesn’t American political culture understand the power of direct action campaigns?
      November 27, 2019
      • Column

      How movements build strength through training
      August 22, 2019
      • Analysis

      Will the real Gene Sharp please step forward?
      July 16, 2019
      • Column

      How movements can use drama to seize the public imagination
      July 9, 2019
      • Feature

      What we can learn from the LGBTQ movement’s 50 years of achievement
      June 20, 2019
      • Column

      Vision is finally on the rise in U.S. politics
      May 21, 2019
      • Analysis

      Why now is the time to connect the pipeline fights
      and Judy Wicks
      April 30, 2019
      • Column

      The world’s happiest people already have a Green New Deal, and they love it
      April 10, 2019
      • Column

      Why direct action campaigns are the best way to empower yourself and others
      March 29, 2019
      • Column

      How to fight fascism from a position of strength
      February 15, 2019
      • Column

      How can allies protect communities threatened with violence?
      February 5, 2019
      • Feature

      Unauthorized Washington Post offers a fantasy grounded in movement wisdom
      January 16, 2019

        How to take on fascism without getting played
        December 20, 2018

          The midterms show the way to victory is through vision, not reactivity
          November 8, 2018
          • From the archive

          It’s time to go on the offensive against racism
          October 29, 2018

            With the crisis of Kavanaugh’s confirmation comes opportunity
            October 9, 2018
            • From the archive

            How repression can fuel a movement
            and Lee Smithey
            July 29, 2018

              Navigating the white water of these turbulent times
              July 21, 2018

                What the Parkland teens can teach Medicare for All campaigners
                July 10, 2018

                  Unions have been down before, history shows how they can come back
                  June 29, 2018

                    How to build a progressive movement in a polarized country
                    March 16, 2018

                      How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off protests
                      February 13, 2018

                        We have what it takes to meet the crisis of our democracy
                        February 9, 2018

                          Gene Sharp — the lonely scholar who became a nonviolent warrior
                          February 1, 2018

                            Why the Resistance can’t win without vision
                            January 19, 2018

                              WNV’s most-read stories of 2017
                              December 29, 2017

                                A manual for a new era of direct action
                                July 28, 2017

                                  Why are the Danes so happy? Because their economy makes sense
                                  July 19, 2017

                                    ‘Doing Democracy’ follow-up puts the emphasis on finding common ground
                                    May 18, 2017

                                      Finding courage in anxious times
                                      May 10, 2017
                                      • Review

                                      Preparing for the next ‘movement moment’
                                      April 13, 2017

                                        Inequality is the real backstory to Sweden’s riots
                                        February 23, 2017

                                          How to build a resilient culture of resistance in hard times
                                          February 10, 2017

                                            A 10-point plan to stop Trump and make gains in justice and equality
                                            January 23, 2017

                                              Un plan de 10 puntos para detener a Trump y ganar terreno en justicia y equidad
                                              January 23, 2017
                                              • Review

                                              Reaching Trump supporters with the promise of vision
                                              January 4, 2017

                                                The Yes Men’s guide to resisting Trump
                                                November 18, 2016

                                                  Without empathy for Trump voters, movements can’t succeed
                                                  November 10, 2016

                                                    How Uber and Lyft were driven from Austin and replaced with a worker cooperative
                                                    November 8, 2016

                                                      Why campaigns, not protests, get the goods
                                                      October 29, 2016

                                                        What the US can learn from Scandinavia in the struggle against inequality
                                                        September 13, 2016
                                                        • From the archive

                                                        ‘A Vision for Black Lives’ is a vision for everyone
                                                        August 18, 2016

                                                          How Brexit is an opportunity for a more just Britain
                                                          July 12, 2016

                                                            4 lessons for climate organizers from the anti-nuclear movement
                                                            June 2, 2016

                                                              How friends and family remember Daniel Berrigan
                                                              May 5, 2016

                                                                How ‘Strategy for a Living Revolution’ came to life
                                                                May 4, 2016

                                                                  Debate on protesting Trump featured in Vox
                                                                  April 30, 2016

                                                                    What if Americans protested like Icelanders?
                                                                    April 7, 2016

                                                                      What Trump protesters can learn from the civil rights movement
                                                                      March 30, 2016

                                                                        We need both compassion and confrontation to defeat Trump
                                                                        March 22, 2016

                                                                          How empathy, not protest, can defeat Trump and right-wing extremism
                                                                          March 18, 2016

                                                                            How learning from the Trump phenomenon can make movements great again
                                                                            March 11, 2016

                                                                              Using momentum to build a stronger movement
                                                                              March 1, 2016

                                                                                Michael Moore gives a comedic boost to the US learning curve
                                                                                February 22, 2016

                                                                                  What role were you born to play in social change?
                                                                                  February 3, 2016

                                                                                    What happens to the Bernie Sanders movement if he loses?
                                                                                    January 15, 2016

                                                                                      Do ‘safe spaces’ and ‘trigger warnings’ weaken us?
                                                                                      January 6, 2016

                                                                                        Beyond Paris and the temptation to despair
                                                                                        December 12, 2015

                                                                                          5 ways movements can handle threats and attacks
                                                                                          December 3, 2015

                                                                                            ‘Suffragette’ raises question of property destruction’s effectiveness
                                                                                            November 12, 2015

                                                                                              Activists need to realize that most Americans actually agree with them
                                                                                              October 27, 2015
                                                                                              • Review

                                                                                              An overlooked source of hope, in book form
                                                                                              October 8, 2015

                                                                                                Does Japan really need to expand its military to solve its security dilemma?
                                                                                                September 21, 2015

                                                                                                  The sun as the center of a new campaign for economic and racial justice
                                                                                                  September 14, 2015

                                                                                                    When the next crisis comes, which movements will seize the opportunity?
                                                                                                    August 11, 2015

                                                                                                      To succeed, movements must overcome the tension between rationality and emotion
                                                                                                      July 29, 2015

                                                                                                        4 lessons from Iceland and Greece for movements fighting austerity
                                                                                                        July 8, 2015

                                                                                                          What white allies can learn from allies in the gay rights struggle
                                                                                                          July 4, 2015
                                                                                                          • Review

                                                                                                          Gandhi and the myth of conversion — The Vykom satyagraha revisited
                                                                                                          June 25, 2015

                                                                                                            Americans must go on the offensive or risk losing ground
                                                                                                            June 16, 2015
                                                                                                            • From the archive

                                                                                                            What makes effective white allies? Training, not shaming
                                                                                                            June 1, 2015

                                                                                                              Targets matter — why a small action group took on a mighty bank (and won)
                                                                                                              May 12, 2015

                                                                                                                Fossil fuel divestment escalation winds down on high notes
                                                                                                                April 21, 2015

                                                                                                                  How do you beat the 1 percent? Start by learning their favorite moves
                                                                                                                  April 18, 2015

                                                                                                                    How the 1 percent stays on top
                                                                                                                    April 1, 2015

                                                                                                                      George Lakey in the New York Times and on Radio Times
                                                                                                                      March 26, 2015

                                                                                                                        Strategies of the 1 percent revealed!
                                                                                                                        March 17, 2015

                                                                                                                          How a small Quaker group forced PNC Bank to stop financing mountaintop removal
                                                                                                                          March 4, 2015

                                                                                                                            6 reasons not to protest at the 2016 US political conventions
                                                                                                                            February 24, 2015

                                                                                                                              Ingredients for building courage
                                                                                                                              February 11, 2015

                                                                                                                                Huit moyens de se défendre contre le terrorisme par l’action nonviolente
                                                                                                                                January 22, 2015

                                                                                                                                  8 ways to defend against terror nonviolently
                                                                                                                                  January 22, 2015

                                                                                                                                    Acting locally and globally at the People’s Climate March
                                                                                                                                    September 20, 2014

                                                                                                                                      Will the People’s Climate March be this generation’s March on Washington?
                                                                                                                                      September 8, 2014

                                                                                                                                        Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘heckle therapy’ offers a lesson in nonviolent self-defense
                                                                                                                                        January 7, 2014

                                                                                                                                          What militarists don’t want you to know about the labor movement
                                                                                                                                          November 4, 2013

                                                                                                                                            Where’s the hope in the midst of a shutdown?
                                                                                                                                            October 15, 2013

                                                                                                                                              A revolution comes in stages — Occupy or otherwise
                                                                                                                                              October 8, 2013

                                                                                                                                                Re-writing an attacker’s script — getting in practice
                                                                                                                                                September 19, 2013

                                                                                                                                                  How to un-do a ‘done deal’ with Strategy and Soul
                                                                                                                                                  September 5, 2013

                                                                                                                                                    You, too, can stop a school shooter
                                                                                                                                                    August 27, 2013

                                                                                                                                                      How civilian peacekeeping can help stem violent conflict on an ever-hotter planet
                                                                                                                                                      August 21, 2013

                                                                                                                                                        Sweep out dirty politics — and stop the Keystone XL in the process
                                                                                                                                                        and Daniel Hunter
                                                                                                                                                        July 25, 2013

                                                                                                                                                          Laboratories for nonviolent defense
                                                                                                                                                          July 23, 2013

                                                                                                                                                            How a neighborhood in Philadelphia learned that real safety lies in solidarity
                                                                                                                                                            July 15, 2013

                                                                                                                                                              Take me to your leader
                                                                                                                                                              July 8, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                Defense on the streets — stepping into conflict
                                                                                                                                                                June 26, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                  Defend yourself — go on the offensive!
                                                                                                                                                                  June 18, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                    8 skills of a well-trained activist
                                                                                                                                                                    June 11, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                      Lesson plan: ‘Industrial disasters and student activism – an untold story’
                                                                                                                                                                      and Stephanie Van Hook
                                                                                                                                                                      June 10, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                        Should we bother trying to change our opponents’ hearts?
                                                                                                                                                                        June 4, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                          Industrial disasters and student activism — an overlooked story
                                                                                                                                                                          May 28, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                            Swarthmore College’s rude awakening to oppression in its midst
                                                                                                                                                                            May 21, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                              Violent repression can’t stop us — anywhere in the world
                                                                                                                                                                              May 14, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                Confronting the 1 percent directly
                                                                                                                                                                                May 7, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                  The power of the fast, from Guantánamo to PNC Bank
                                                                                                                                                                                  April 30, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                    Where the gun control campaign went wrong
                                                                                                                                                                                    April 23, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                      Will we ever reach true equality?
                                                                                                                                                                                      April 16, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                        Get real about privilege — become an ally
                                                                                                                                                                                        April 9, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                          Lessons from the LGBT equality movement
                                                                                                                                                                                          April 2, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                            People of Cyprus: Follow the Vikings!
                                                                                                                                                                                            March 23, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                              Building our muscles for conflict
                                                                                                                                                                                              March 19, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                I pledge allegiance, to resist the pipeline
                                                                                                                                                                                                March 12, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Get militant, but get backup
                                                                                                                                                                                                  March 3, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Want radical actions? Build strong action groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                    February 26, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The few and the many — linking a campaign to a movement
                                                                                                                                                                                                      February 25, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Building power through joining and differentiating
                                                                                                                                                                                                        February 19, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                          In historic turn, Sierra Club gets arrested for the climate
                                                                                                                                                                                                          February 13, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                            A fresh look at ‘the mainstream’
                                                                                                                                                                                                            February 12, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Get beyond your friends
                                                                                                                                                                                                              February 5, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Getting the story out — Terry Messman and the power of activist journalism
                                                                                                                                                                                                                January 24, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  How to start a direct action group to make MLK proud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  January 21, 2013

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Our top 12 of 2012
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    December 31, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Building an environmental movement as radical as reality itself
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      October 30, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        How to create a multi-level movement for climate justice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        October 23, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Break out of your class bubble, get training and win!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          October 16, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Coming out as a working class man
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            October 9, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              How class tunnel vision hurts social movements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              October 3, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Where are the victims?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                October 1, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  What can activists learn from Romney’s ‘47 percent’?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  September 25, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Riddles of working class politics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    September 19, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Do we mean what the politicians mean by ‘class’?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      September 11, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Opening ourselves to the realities of class
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        September 4, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          How not to protest the RNC
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          August 31, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Middle-class confusion about class war
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            August 28, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              How does class matter?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              August 21, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A diversity of tactics, a paucity of participants
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                August 14, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Diversity of tactics and the 1 percent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  August 7, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Is revolution on the way?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    August 2, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Know your allies, your opponents and everyone in between
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      July 27, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Central Americans vs. U.S. empire — the nonviolent legacy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        July 10, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Peace, freedom and Puerto Rico’s July Fourth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          July 4, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Training as action
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            July 2, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ‘No Nukes is Good Nukes’ — Germany, the Vermont Yankee and now
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              June 26, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Puerto Rico’s lessons in revolutionary campaigning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                June 20, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The score in Wisconsin — 1 percent: 3, 99 percent: 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  June 12, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Was the Walker recall effort the wrong fight?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    June 6, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Icelanders force accountability for banks — why can’t we?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      June 5, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        How a small group can take a long walk — and make a difference
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        May 29, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Did the Norwegians have a revolution?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          May 15, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Panthers, pacifists and the question of self-defense
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            May 10, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Paradoxes of protection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              May 8, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Black Panthers’ ‘militarist error’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                April 24, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Did civil rights need Deacons for Defense?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  April 17, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The right to self-defense
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    April 10, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Finding allies in unlikely places
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      and Max Rennebohm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      April 3, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The long walk for justice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        March 27, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Three ‘apps’ for nonviolent action
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          March 20, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            How to create a dilemma
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            March 13, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The more violence, the less revolution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              March 6, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Activism for the end times: Mass actions or focused campaigns?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                February 28, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Baby strollers, violence, and the battle for the story of the NATO-G8 protests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  February 24, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Who’s really violent? Tips for controlling the narrative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    February 21, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Occupy the long view
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      February 18, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Africa’s eternal spring
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        February 17, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rereading the lessons of Seattle for today
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          February 9, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            How not to block the black bloc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            February 7, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              What about the rest of Africa?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              February 7, 2012
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Column

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1 percent’
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              January 25, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                How research can support Occupy movement strategizing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                January 20, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  What ‘diversity of tactics’ really means for Occupy Wall Street
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  October 19, 2011

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Global Nonviolent Action Database launched
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    September 22, 2011

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Why did you go to jail yesterday?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      September 28, 2010