As fissures among Trump supporters widen, we all have a role to play in creating the conditions for defection and loyalty shifts.

Despair is not an option: Grassroots movements need to use every tool at their disposal to push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop.

Today’s seniors are not sitting at home knitting sweaters for their grandkids — we are engaging in civil resistance with passion and determination in many meaningful ways.

Across the country, high school students are organizing walkouts, coalitions and days of action to protest ICE and show solidarity with immigrants. #AbolishICE #iceout

Anthropologist Doug Fry challenges the assumption that humans are programmed for war, offering an alternative story about human nature.

The international accompaniment movement teaches us that to sustain an emergency response to state violence, we must build durable, collective and supportive structures now.

Right now we must stop the abduction and killing of our neighbors by ICE, but we must also show up in resistance in a way that seeds love. #AbolishICE #ICEout

A fierce critic of U.S. imperialism and nuclear weapons, Jesse Jackson helped build a larger and more diverse peace movement.

Neuroscientist Dr. Marco Iacoboni discusses both the promise and the limits of empathy, and points toward hope in the brain’s plasticity.

Benjamin Shepard’s book, “On Activism, Friendships, and Fighting,” documents four decades of wisdom about the importance of friendship in political movements.

Under pressure from a new wave of local divestment campaigns, US states and municipalities that underwrote the genocide in Gaza are selling off Israeli bonds. #breakthebonds #DivestFromIsrael

Survivors of abuse at a shuttered federal prison known as “the rape club” are teaming up with local activists to keep ICE out of Northern California. #iceout

By performing on the largest stage in the US, Bad Bunny joyfully and unapologetically challenges racist ideas of what it means to be “American.” #SuperBowl2026 #superbowlhalftimeshow

The people of Minneapolis and Palestine have both responded to occupation and state terror with extraordinary courage and love. #iceout

By organizing political tours and sharing testimonies by former IDF soldiers, Breaking the Silence challenges the occupation from the perpetrator’s perspective.

This is a critical moment to examine how nonviolent resistance generated key shifts on Gaza — and how to apply hard won lessons to the next stage.

For years I’ve witnessed Braver Angels bridge America’s red-blue divide. At moments like this I feel conflicted — but I still believe in this work.

After joining faith leaders in the streets of Minneapolis, I have no doubt that the disciplined, caring and prayerful response of the people to ICE will win, writes @arielelysegold.bsky.social.

Values keep movements honest, while a material approach gets results, and there’s a time and place for both.

Co-founder of Nonviolent Peaceforce, Mel Duncan, discusses the shared dynamics of nonviolent resistance and organizing community care in the Twin Cities and West Bank.

Inspired by the anti-Nazi leaflet “10 Commandments for Danes,” here are 10 ways to strip ICE of as many resources as possible — making their work infinitely harder, even impossible. #ICEOut

General strikes can have a tremendous impact, but to succeed they require an organized majority, networks of solidarity and resources to weather repression, writes Daniel Hunter. #iceout

Despite brutal provocation, the people of Minneapolis have been courageous and remarkably nonviolent, embodying the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

With the Insurrection Act looming in Minnesota, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including the power of ridicule.

A discussion with labor historian Jeremy Brecher on the strategy, potential and challenges of mass social strikes following ICE's murder of Renee Good. #abolishice

Patience Nitumwesiga’s new documentary, “The Woman Who Poked The Leopard,” covers the life and resistance of the widely misunderstood Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi.

Visionary scholar and author Riane Eisler discusses what it means to build a world rooted in care, courage, and connection.

After an extreme weather event, climate organizers can seize the opportunity to push for tangible policy change.

Leaderless uprisings cascaded across 11 countries and shook governments in 2025. Now, Gen Z protesters must find the road to lasting political power.

Demanding people “remain calm” after ICE's killing in Minneapolis misses the point — the task is not to extinguish anger, but to channel it in defense of life, writes Daniel Hunter.

With Palestinian history censored by the Israeli occupation, youth programs preserve collective memory through traditional music and dance.

In a year of rapid authoritarian backsliding, Waging Nonviolence empowered readers and lifted up the historic protest movements rising to meet the moment. Check out our most read stories of the year.

In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.

Frontline communities telling their own stories is essential for holding world leaders accountable to commitments made at COP30.

No strangers to the perils of war, Ukrainian activists and journalists are connecting their struggle to Gaza.

Taoist monk and doctor of Chinese medicine John Blue discusses the role of rest, stillness and attentiveness in the work of justice.

Genocide in Gaza, raids on immigrants and attacks on DEI have spurred urgent calls to boycott companies like Home Depot, Target, Chevron and Microsoft. #BoycottAmazon #BoycottMcDonald #BoycottCocaCola #BoycottChevron #BoycottTarget #BoycottHomeDepot

To counter the march toward militarism at home and abroad, we need a movement with a winning message and broad coalition willing to engage in institutional politics.

Widespread protests across Germany are a sign that the new military conscription legislation will face fierce noncooperation.

To build a powerful movement for peace and justice, ordinary people must first understand that we are in an emergency. Jim Douglass's new book “Martyrs to the Unspeakable” makes this crisis clear.

The famed educator and Highlander Folk School founder Myles Horton offers insights on living through the ups and downs of movement cycles.

From Kenya to Nepal, Gen Z movements sweeping the globe are joyfully defying authoritarianism with memes, stunts and dance videos.

Veteran organizer Marshall Ganz diagnoses how we hit rock-bottom and identifies where we must go next, pointing to Zohran Mamdani's campaign as a model.

Student activists have already won important victories over Trump’s authoritarian agenda and they’re just getting started.

In response to systematic censorship by Meta and other platforms, Palestinians and their allies have built an innovative new playbook of tactics to beat the algorithm.

Mapping the shift from shock to the beginnings of mass action over the last 10 months of the anti-authoritarian struggle in the U.S.

As we approach the holidays, here are eight tips for discussing difficult topics with family that center connection over conflict.

As the U.S. antiwar movement targets the weapons supply chain enabling the genocide in Gaza, it can learn much from the decades-long struggle against cluster bombs in Minneapolis. #armsembargonow

Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.