Beautiful Trouble

The people who brought you Beautiful Trouble track the new creative edge emerging among movements across the globe.

The danger of fetishizing revolution

If it’s believed that things will “have to get worse before they get better” before the revolution, we may become disinterested in efforts to improve real-life conditions in the here and now.

15 artful ways to improve conferences

Integrating culture with conferences, staff meetings or organizing events can become both metaphor and practice for the healthier, more fulfilling world we want.

June 16, 2014

Should we fight the system or be the change?

The strengths and limitations of prefigurative politics.

and Paul Engler
June 3, 2014

The girl who sparked Brown v. Board of Education

On the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Ed, here’s the untold story of the 16-year-old girl who sparked this watershed case.

May 15, 2014

Can Frances Fox Piven’s theory of disruptive power create the next Occupy?

Reconsidering the classic Poor People’s Movements in the wake of mass uprising.

and Paul Engler
May 7, 2014

How Philly’s immigrants ended ICE holds

Philadelphia’s ending of ICE holds is a result of smart, dedicated organizing. How they fought and won offers lessons for the entire national movement.

April 25, 2014

5 protests blooming in Washington this spring

As the snow melts in our collective memory, creative acts of resistance are taking hold on the wet ground of Washington.

April 12, 2014

Would Saul Alinsky break his own rules?

In the wake of Occupy, some community organizers are interested in questioning the old divide between “movements” and “organizations” — and in harnessing the power of both.

and Paul Engler
April 2, 2014

What to do when we ‘lose’

Some important lessons on dealing with loss from a recent generation-defining struggle in New Zealand: the Save Happy Valley Campaign.

March 20, 2014

Reclaiming the radical spirit of Women’s History Month

Highlighting the radical roots of International Women’s Day, widespread actions continue to focus on the needs of women worldwide.

March 12, 2014
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