GEORGE CASSIDY PAYNE – America likes to tell its story as a procession of wars won and enemies defeated. But its deeper moral history, the one that actually bends toward justice, has been written by those who resisted domination: slavery, empire, and the dangerous fiction that violence is the engine of progress. On a cold January afternoon outside City Hall, Zohran Mamdani stepped into that unfinished struggle. As he raised his right hand and took the oath of office as mayor of New York City—the first Muslim ever to do so—he embodied a quieter American tradition: the insistence that conscience belongs in public life.
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Veteran organizer Marshall Ganz sees a path to power under Trump
NADA ZOHDY – Democracy isn’t something you have, it’s something you do. It’s a practice. Practices involve concepts, skills and values, but they are dynamic. There’s always new learning to be had. Everyone builds relationships. Tells stories. Strategizes. We all create structures, which are commitments about how we work together. And we can track the results of our actions — we can count if people did or didn’t come to our meeting.
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.
We’re entering a new phase of the resistance
DANIEL HUNTER – We’re in a new phase of the struggle against authoritarianism in the U.S. — and it’s important to name it, track it, and adjust our bearings accordingly. We’ve shaken off the early months of shock, the steamrolled losses, and are now showing we can (sometimes) defend.
Busting the myth that Gen Z isn’t protesting
KAELEIGH BANDA – Despite a persistent belief that Gen Z isn’t politically active, young people are finding and creating ways to fight for a better future.