GEORGE LAKEY – As research seminar students at Swarthmore continue to wade through history finding new cases, they are digging up details on struggles that go beyond democracy. The 1,400 already-published cases include campaigns for furthering environmental justice, racial and economic justice, and more. They are a resource for tactical ideas and strategy considerations, encouraging us to remember that even long-established dictators have been stopped by the power of nonviolent campaigns.
Category: December 2025
Trump’s Ukraine Proposal Is the Least Bad Option
REID SMITH – It would seem obvious that a perfect peace, i.e., one that gives every party everything they want, is not possible. This analysis addresses that issue head on by asserting that “an imperfect peace is better than a worsening war.”
What “America First” leaves out
WINSLOW MYERS – What can creative state power do to make it less so? America is strong enough to learn a new role for itself in the world, based in an accurate vision of the realities that lie ahead. What if our security strategy was to aggressively lead on climate and Earth-regeneration? Sadly, looking for opportunities to cooperate could lead to a level of prosperity that seems beyond the comprehension of the people who wrote the 2025 National Security Strategy.
There IS a Way to Overcome the UN’s Biggest Structural Problem
DONNA PARK – The recently formed Article 109 Coalition is now working towards a conference to review and strengthen the UN Charter. Concerned Americans should learn more about it and take action to support it. There is a better way to govern our world and to keep humanity safe and secure from military threats and crimes against humanity. Let’s move forward with it!
When it all comes crashing down: The aftermath of the AI boom
JEREMY HSU – Like financial crises of the past, an abrupt end to the AI bubble could inflict considerable economic pain on millions of people worldwide. But the alternative is the prolonging of an AI bubble that is increasingly unsustainable in both the financial and environmental senses, with the winners mainly being some of the wealthiest companies on the planet and their investors.
We Need To Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible
NORMAN SOLOMON – Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party.
US Presence in Iraq is Still Destabilizing. Follow the Money to Oil.
SOPHIA GONZALEZ – Iraq has the right to shape its own future without foreign soldiers in the background and foreign governments pulling economic strings. As long as U.S. power in Iraq is only resized and rebranded instead of reduced and held accountable, the chapter that began with invasion remains open – not for policymakers in Washington, but for the people who still live with its consequences every day.
The awkward canonization of Dick Cheney
JARED O. BELL – The carefully curated remembrance of Dick Cheney, respectful as it may be, was incomplete. It was sanitized. It skipped the chapters that defined millions of other people’s lives far more than his virtues ever did.
Wyden Wants to Follow Epstein’s Money
RON WYDEN – We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records. I have a bill to make that happen. I’m going to keep following the money until the American people know the full truth.
Why America Is Removing Thousands of Dams and Letting Rivers Run Free
TARA LOHAN – After centuries of dam building, a nationwide movement to dismantle these aging barriers is showing how free-flowing rivers can restore ecosystems, improve safety, and reconnect people with nature.
Healing this country will require unrelenting nonviolence
ANDREW MOSS – A culture of nonviolence must continue to flourish and grow as more people engage in ways of protecting themselves, their families, their communities, and democracy itself.