by Robert Borosage | Jun 3, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Election, Featured, Politics
As the 2020 presidential campaign gears up, progressives are forcing a serious and necessary reassessment of foreign policy. Just as they have clashed with the establishment over domestic issues, left-leaning candidates dispute both the “indispensable nation”...
by David Hatch | May 30, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured, Organizing, Politics
What does it mean to move “from protest to power?” That’s the question People’s Action members like me asked at our national convention in Washington, D.C. two years ago. At that time, just a few months into the Trump administration, 72 grassroots leaders out of the...
by Leo Gerard | May 28, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Featured, Koch Brothers, Organizing, Philanthropy, Politics
There’s a new Koch organization in town. Instead of trying to buy politicians to do the bidding of billionaires, as Charles and David Koch have historically done, their rebranded network now says they will support community groups trying to cure the miseries of eons –...
by Tim Wilkins | May 24, 2019 | Archive, Blog
MORNING MESSAGE Jacob Swenson-Lengyel Organizing For Governing Power In Chicago Chicago’s 2019 municipal elections delivered significant victories for People's Action member groups like The People's Lobby and Reclaim Chicago. These wins come after years of organizing...
by Jacob Swenson-Lengyel | May 24, 2019 | #PeoplesWave, Archive, Blog, Democracy, Election, Featured
Chicago’s 2019 municipal elections delivered significant victories for progressives. These wins come after years of work by unions and People's Action member groups, and may provide a model for organizers in other cities looking to win progressive governing power....
by Leo Gerard | May 23, 2019 | Archive, Blog, Featured, Future of Work
Abigail Disney, granddaughter of the co-founder of the Walt Disney Co., called out the family business’ current CEO last month for making what’s supposed to be the happiest place on earth pretty darn miserable for its workers. All of the company profits shouldn’t be...