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Convergence Magazine is a magazine for radical insights.
https://convergencemag.com
Looking for some suggestions for the bookworms on your gift list this December? Look no further!
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Nonviolence 3.0
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“If you tell us that America is already great, don’t be surprised if we reject the premise. More often than not, politicians of both parties do not have a communications problem in rural America; they have a reality problem.”
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From Rural America With Love: An Invitation to Bravery
Rural organizers and volunteer leaders are building the Rural Defenders Union, a network of isolated, under-resourced, anti-authoritarian rural efforts.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/from-rural-america-with-love-an-invitation-to-bravery/
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Thank you so much
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! We're also raising $10k this month for a new fellowship program to nurture more movement writers in 2026. Now's a great time to pitch in.
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20 days ago
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Bright D Limm 임대중
21 days ago
There's a very good chance that the very best article about NYC-DSA you will read this year is this one, by chapter co-chair Grace Mausser. There are too many good lines to pick just one to highlight here; I recommend reading this one closely all the way through.
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NYC-DSA Strategy in Zohran’s Race Shows the Path to Mass Municipal Governance
Establishment campaigns want us to believe they have inimitable skills. Everyday New Yorkers rolled their eyes, rolled up their sleeves, and proved them wrong. Now what?
https://convergencemag.com/articles/nyc-dsa-zohran-election/
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Chris Dixon
about 1 month ago
I highly recommend
@benlorber8.bsky.social
's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters" series in
@convergencemag.com
. Lorber offers a really grounded and accessible framework for understanding antisemitism.
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Puff the Magic Hater
about 2 months ago
I was interviewed for
@convergencemag.com
's Block and Build podcast about Read This When Things Fall Apart.
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Listen to This When Things Fall Apart w/ Kelly Hayes
Creating the kinds of support we need to stay in the struggle, with Kelly Hayes.
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/listen-to-this-when-things-fall-apart-w-kelly-hayes/
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ASU Center for Work and Democracy
about 2 months ago
The CWD's Ben Case for
@convergencemag.com
: Ben’s expertise on protest sets the record straight about widely (and incorrectly) accepted data surrounding the efficacy of mobilizing people in nonviolent protest. Learn more about the "3.5% rule" and its flaws here:
convergencemag.com/articles/mag...
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Magic Numbers Are No Shortcut to Strategy
We can no longer afford the convenient untruth that real-world resistance to tyranny can escalate solely through peaceable demonstrations.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/magic-number/
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Political Research Associates
2 months ago
PRA’s
@benlorber8.bsky.social
defines antisemitism and examines how it has been weaponized to disrupt social justice organizing, fuel White Christian nationalism, and support genocidal and authoritarian policies in this two-part series for
@convergencemag.com
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Ben Lorber
2 months ago
For
@convergencemag.com
I wrote a two-part guide for progressives on how to understand antisemitism and its weaponization, and how to fight it with solidarity Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today
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What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters: Part 1
Antisemitism has always been deeply interwoven with other types of social domination. It is both a form of bigotry and scapegoating against Jews, and a conspiracy theory that today is stitched into…
https://convergencemag.com/articles/what-antisemitism-is-part-1/
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Lina Srivastava
3 months ago
ICYMI, I had a great conversation last week with
@convergencemag.com
on their "Block and Build" podcast about narrative power. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lina Srivastava
3 months ago
Re: "narrative infrastructure for narrative power," I had a great conversation with
@catachresis.bsky.social
-- of the fantastic
@convergencemag.com
-- about creating enabling spaces and permission structures to think of new ways of being. Listen here:
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Controlling Narrative Infrastructure w/ Lina Srivastava
What is narrative infrastructure? With Lina Srivastava (Center for Transformational Change)
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/controlling-narrative-infrastructure-w-lina-srivastava/
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MediaJustice
3 months ago
From Tucson to Memphis, communities are cutting through the
#AI
hype and resisting
#BigTech's
data center expansion. Hear from
@myaishahayes.bsky.social
,
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social
, and Vivek Bharathan in
@convergencemag.com
on what local fights reveal:
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Organizers vs. Big Data w/ Myaisha Hayes, Vivek Bharathan, Keshaun Pearson
Building community power against big tech, feat. Myaisha Hayes (MediaJustice), Vivek Bharathan (No Desert Data Center Coalition), Keshaun Pearson (Memphis Community Against Pollution).
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/organizing-against-big-data-w-myaisha-hayes-vivek-bharathan-and-keshaun-pearson/
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Sam
3 months ago
I'm on this week's episode of
@convergencemag.com
's Block and Build podcast talking about ICE's ongoing persecution of journalist Mario Guevara, who is approaching 100 days in detention. Listen here:
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MAGA Deportation IS Political Violence w/ Kerri Kennedy
Deportation and democratic backsliding, w/ Sam Barnes (Georgia Recorder) and Kerri Kennedy (AFSC).
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/maga-deportation-is-political-violence-w-kerri-kennedy/
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American Friends Service Committee
3 months ago
AFSC’s Kerri Kennedy joins
@catachresis.bsky.social
on the Block and Build podcast (
@convergencemag.com
) to discuss how Trump-era deportation policies eroded civil liberties, normalized state violence, and what we can do to protect our communities. Listen here:
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MAGA Deportation IS Political Violence w/ Kerri Kennedy
https://open.spotify.com/episode/33PNE9fQ8Xegbf0higCiVg
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zara raven
3 months ago
"[Healing Justice] is not about affirming each other's disengagement with slogans like rest is resistance while people are being dragged out of their homes and put in cages. Healing Justice calls us... to move from individual relief to collective power."
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Black People: Healing Justice Demands Borderless Struggle
We do not need every Black person to show up in the same way. We do need to be clear about what we are naming as care.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/black-people-healing-justice-demands-borderless-struggle/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Cayden Mak
3 months ago
This week's
#BlockAndBuild
with
@mediajustice.bsky.social
's
@myaishahayes.bsky.social
,
@nodesertdatacenter.com
's Vivek Bharathan, and Memphis Community Against Pollution's
@keshaunpearson.bsky.social
was a complete banger.
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Organizers vs. Big Data w/ Myaisha Hayes, Vivek Bharathan, Keshaun Pearson
Building community power against big tech, feat. Myaisha Hayes (MediaJustice), Vivek Bharathan (No Desert Data Center Coalition), Keshaun Pearson (Memphis Community Against Pollution).
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/organizing-against-big-data-w-myaisha-hayes-vivek-bharathan-and-keshaun-pearson/
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Maya Schenwar
4 months ago
Movement media is a key tool to fight fascism. In the
@truthout.org
Center for Grassroots Journalism newsletter, see the latest from
@wagingnonviolence.org
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
@convergencemag.com
@kcdefender.bsky.social
@deceleration.news
& more! ❤️
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Grassroots journalism organizations are a tool against fascism -- and their voices are growing
https://mailchi.mp/truthout.org/091323pm-9130295
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What's the big deal with digital IDs? The threat of expanded government power to police people’s movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
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#DigitalIDs
#SurveillanceState
#ReproJustice
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What's the big deal with digital IDs? The threat of expanded government power to police people’s movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
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#DigitalIDs
#SurveillanceState
#ReproJustice
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National Women's Law Center
5 months ago
Digital IDs (like a driver’s license on your phone) are being used to verify identity both IRL & online—posing a growing threat to privacy. As more people are forced to cross state lines for abortion or gender-affirming care, each step could become a data point for surveillance👁️
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Digital IDs Put Health Care Privacy at Risk
Digital IDs threaten to expand government power to police people’s movement and medical care; this is particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
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Rebecca Williams
5 months ago
With Cynthia Conti-Cook and Sawyeh Esmaili, I wrote for
@convergencemag.com
about how expanding digital ID systems threaten to increase government power to police people’s movement and access to medical care, especially as more people cross state lines to seek essential health services.
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Digital IDs Put Health Care Privacy at Risk
Digital IDs threaten to expand government power to police people’s movement and medical care; this is particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/digital-ids-put-health-care-privacy-at-risk/
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In our current political climate, we must consider using as many avenues for power-building as possible. While we cannot forget the importance of our (albeit flawed) electoral system, we must also view labor and union activism as the invaluable tool for enforcing progressive change that it is (1/2)
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Kyle Tran Myhre
5 months ago
As always: making printable, shareable zines/handouts out of reports and other important information is the kind of people-powered indie media that can reach our family, neighbors, etc. in ways that social media posting often can't. Good example here from
@convergencemag.com
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Thanks to the hard work of the office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, we have records of the shady tactics Elon Musk used during his stint in government—and how it could have caused his companies to profit at the expense of everyday Americans 🧵 (1/4)
#ElonMusk
#130Days
#DOGE
#Progressive
#Tesla
5 months ago
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Hagen Blix
5 months ago
Had a really useful discussion with
@catachresis.bsky.social
from
@convergencemag.com
's Block & Build podcast! Tune in if you want to hear about AI, labor, and leftist politics!
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Why We Fear AI w/ Hagen Blix
With Hagen Blix (author, Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares)
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/why-we-fear-ai-w-hagen-blix/
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Interrupting Criminalization
5 months ago
Join us online for this resource launch and discussion with IC co-founder
@dreanyc123.bsky.social
and Abolition Journalism Fellow
@lewispants.bsky.social
,
@catachresis.bsky.social
of
@convergencemag.com
, and Vivian Anderson of Every Black Girl. Learn more and register:
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Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization
An online launch of a new report from Interrupting Criminalization on Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism. This event also features a discussion about building inf...
https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/events/all/info-power
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Bright D Limm 임대중
5 months ago
If you're a member of WFP or DSA (or, like me, both) and you haven't yet checked out
@convergencemag.com
, I think you'd find it to be an extremely useful resource. I contribute once a year (to avoid making monthly payments whenever possible), but starting this year I'll raise my annual amount.
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Jonathan Stegall
5 months ago
Great episode here with
@dreanyc123.bsky.social
and
@catachresis.bsky.social
about block & build but make it abolitionist.
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Block & Build – But Make it Abolitionist w/ Andrea Ritchie
With writer, lawyer, and co-founder of Interrupting Criminalization, Andrea Ritchie
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/block-build-but-make-it-abolitionist-w-andrea-ritchie/
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Convergence is run on a very lean budget, which puts our financial security in a precarious position. Cultivating outlets for progressives to develop organizing strategy is essential, especially in the wake of the current political climate. If you agree—and have the means to do so—we encourage (1/5)
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Achieving progressive change is contingent upon working-class solidarity. Wynn Howell reminds us in their article that we must stand together amidst attempts to divide us based on our identities Read the full piece | Link below
#NonBinary
#Pride
#LGBTQIA
#convergencemag
#WorkingClassSolidarity
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Many of the greatest progressive victories have been achieved via coalition-building; Maraam A. Dwidar explores the histories of these coalitions, as well as what made them so successful and how we can replicate their victories today
#Coalition
#convergencemag
#ProChoice
#Election2028
#Midterms
5 months ago
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We should probably mention on here that we're in the middle of our 2025 summer fundraising drive. We've got a gorgeous thank you gift from
@radicalemprints.bsky.social
for $25+ donors and new/increasing subscribers. Join us:
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Contribute to the 2025 Convergence Summer Fund Drive!
Every year we set an ambitious grassroots fundraising goal. Support movement media today!
https://convergencemag.com/2025-summer-fund-drive
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Nonviolence 3.0
5 months ago
“With Trump and the authoritarian Right stepping up the attacks on our communities, particularly our most vulnerable neighbors, there couldn’t be a better time for you and neighbors to start organizing to change the world.”
@convergencemag.com
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You And Your Neighbors Can Help Change the World
United Neighbors of the 35th Ward builds community power, runs candidates for office, and holds them accountable. Its founders say their experience “shows that anyone—regardless of their age…
https://convergencemag.com/articles/united-neighbors-35th-ward/
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zines aren't dead; we love them very much
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Prisonculture
5 months ago
New mini Zine based on Elizabeth Warren's report about what Elon did in his 130 days in the government is available:
convergencemag.com/articles/elo...
- print and share far and wide!
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Elon Musk’s 130 Days in the Trump Administration: A One-Sheet Zine
Musk’s actions continue to endanger everyday people, dismantle key services, and undermine the safety net for ordinary Americans.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/elon-musks-130-days-in-the-trump-administration-a-one-sheet-zine/
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Disillusionment with the current administration is only growing, and it's never too soon to theorize how to oust them in the coming years. Check out Max Elbaum's strategy to boost our electoral power Read the full article | Link below
#Election2028
#Midterms
#convergencemag
#LeftistStrategy
#Trump
5 months ago
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The history of South Asia and its diaspora offers useful insights into fighting authoritarianism, from the Ghadar Party of the Interwar era to recent uprisings in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh (1/4)
#ResistingFascism
#convergencemag
#InternationalSolidarity
#SouthAsianAmericans
#ImmigrantRights
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Running or being involved in any kind of political organization poses dangers - use this list of best practices as a simple reminder to boost safety within your community.
#Protest
#ProtesterSafety
#Activism
#ConvergenceMag
#SafetyPlan
6 months ago
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Don't let CEOs divide us; we are stronger together Check out Wynn Howell's article on working-class solidarity on our website | link in comments
#Pride
#convergencemag
#lgbtqia
#WorkingClassSolidarity
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6 months ago
Check it out! Liberation Road in convo with North Star Socialist Organization,
@socialistmajority.com
, Rising Majority &
@mvmnt4blklives.bsky.social
on the latest "Block and Build" podcast from
@convergencemag.com
.
convergencemag.com/podcast/bloc...
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Blocking the Right, Building the Base – Live from Socialism 2025
W/ Bennett Carpenter (Liberation Road), David Duhalde (Socialist Majority Caucus/DSA), Montague Simmons (M4BL, Rising Majority), and Jayanni Webster (North Star Socialist Organization)
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/blocking-the-right-building-the-base-live-from-socialism-2025/
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Creating an organizational safety plan in response to the current political climate is a good idea for any progressive activist - use this brief handout as a list of things to keep in mind while making one
#ProtesterSafety
#ConvergenceMag
#ProgressiveOrganizing
#LeftistOrganizing
#CommunitySafety
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Militarism - the overreliance on military ethics and technology as an approach to insuring public safety - is becoming increasingly relevant under the Trump administration.
#militarism
#convergencemag
#VetsAgainstTrump
#VetsOfBluesky
#nonviolence
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Wynn Howell
6 months ago
The fact that this thing I wrote happened to come out in
@convergencemag.com
on a day SCOTUS is trying to erase us feels right on. Trans people are not the enemy. The people picking all of our pockets are.
convergencemag.com/articles/wyn...
#copolitics
#trans
#transisbeautiful
#unionstrong
#1u
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I’m a Trans American—and I’ve Got Your Back if You’ve Got Mine
The “they/them agenda” is being used to sow working class division, but the fight for America’s future requires us to stand together with every stripe and creed of working people, indivisible.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/wynn-howell-im-a-trans-american/
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Jack Graham
7 months ago
Trump is spoiling for a fight just like he did with BLM in 2020. The right to protest means sh!t to him. In
@convergencemag.com
, I highlight a project doing the critical frontline work to defend our rights—and protect ourselves. Support them at
donorbox.org/peer-defense-project
bit.ly/43Q6cAA
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Tomorrow, Our Seeds Will Grow
Two leaders who weathered the storms of 2020 give us practical inspiration to get through the Trump years, and to grow something livable on the other side.
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Cayden Mak
7 months ago
I talked to Brittany Ramos DeBarros of
@vetsaboutface.bsky.social
on Friday about organizing veterans and service members against fascism, and couldn't have imagined how important this conversation would feel this morning. Check it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-KX...
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Veterans Against the War, w/ Brittany Ramos DeBarros
YouTube video by Convergence Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-KXyMguhJo&t=1s
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Jack Graham
7 months ago
My new piece in
@convergencemag.com
was inspired by something
@sifill.bsky.social
said at the beginning of the year about the end of harvest times in America. As we face the horrific reality of 2025, we should emulate the leaders who weathered the storms of 2020.
convergencemag.com/articles/tom...
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Tomorrow, Our Seeds Will Grow
Two leaders who weathered the storms of 2020 give us practical inspiration to get through the Trump years, and to grow something livable on the other side.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/tomorrow-our-seeds-will-grow/
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