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Convergence Magazine is a magazine for radical insights.
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Convergence has a reader membership program! Join us and be a part of ensuring that our publishing remains bold, incisive, and independent.
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The latest from Max Elbaum. An essential read.
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Ravi Mangla
13 days ago
Rynn and I chatted with
@convergencemag.com
about the Texas and Illinois primaries, AI data centers, and more. Can listen here...
convergencemag.com/articles/the...
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The Attention Economy Navigator, March 2026
This month on the Attention Economy Navigator, our guide to what you should be paying more attention to, and what you can probably pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what youādā¦
https://convergencemag.com/articles/the-attention-economy-navigator-march-2026/
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Cayden Mak
13 days ago
The Rad Ops Podcast is premiering their full-length episodes, starting with today's, with Che Johnson-Long of
@visionchangewin.bsky.social
. Pleased to be producing this timely, essential show at
@convergencemag.com
!
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Safety & Security w/Che Johnson-Long
In this episode we talk about Safety and Security with our guest, Che Johnson-Long, Community Safety Director at Vision Change Win.
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/safety-security-w-che-johnson-long/
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The Revival Lab
26 days ago
The newest Revival Letter is out! Cayden Mak (
@catachresis.bsky.social
), Publisher of
@convergencemag.com
provides a powerful essay on the importance of memory as a tool to fight against authoritarianism.
www.therevivallab.org/memory-again...
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Memory Against Authoritarianism
By Cayden Mak In Yoko Ogawaās 1994 novel The Memory Police (which appeared in English for the first time in 2019), a novelist and her editor struggle against a creeping forgetting enacted by the stat...
https://www.therevivallab.org/memory-against-authoritarianism/
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Nonviolence 3.0
about 1 month ago
āIndeed, it is ordinary people, effectively organized, who have brought forward every major advance of freedoms in this countryāfrom Abolition to Womenās Suffrage to Marriage Equality.ā
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How We Can Defeat Authoritarianism Together
We must move from scattered resistance to movements advancing disciplined, mass non-cooperation.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/how-we-can-defeat-authoritarianism-together/
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isaac
about 1 month ago
Hey what can we do instead of numbing ourselves to the despair being pushed down from the highest levels of this country? We can build from below, which is what organizers are showing us in the public power movement. Check this out if you need a dose of optimism (backed with real life examples!)
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Elana Levin
about 2 months ago
Love the Players Alliance!
@convergencemag.com
on Organizing Gamers from the Bottom Up to fight corporate power!
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Organizing Gamers from the Bottom Up
Gamers are exploited by corporations and isolated by ideological warfare. But what if thereās another approach? Leaders from the Players Alliance explain how theyāre organizing a constituency acrossā¦
https://convergencemag.com/articles/organizing-gamers-from-the-bottom-up/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026.02.19
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Patrick Reinsborough āš
about 2 months ago
Great
@markengler.bsky.social
article about one of my movement heroes: Highlander Center founder, Myles Horton.𤩠"Itās only in a movement that an idea is often made simple enough and direct enough that it can spread rapidly..." Check it out in
@convergencemag.com
#PeoplePower
#ChangeTheStory
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How Myles Horton Built a Social Movement Institution
The founder of the Highlander Centerās life and writing contain crucial lessons for building long-lasting institutionsāones that support organizations and everyday people through the peaks and valleys...
https://convergencemag.com/articles/myles-horton-highlander/
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Erica
about 2 months ago
Listening to
@guante.info
on
@convergencemag.com
's Block & Build podcast. I can't overstate what a treasure Kyle is. A tremendous artist, activist and organizer, and teacher of how artists can contribute to and be part of movement spaces.
convergencemag.com/podcast/arti...
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Artists Against ICE w/ Kyle Tran Myhre
Lessons from Minneapolis on the role of artists in building resilient and welcoming movements against ICE, w/ Kyle Tran Myhre.
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/artists-role-in-minneapolis-and-beyond-w-kyle-tran-myhre/
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Socialist Majority Caucus
2 months ago
"Winning the world [we] want will require more than just votingāit will require being brave enough to confront a brutal and lawless autocracy." Read SMC member
@hangryeyes.bsky.social
's analysis of how the Socialist Left can stop the Fascist Right in
@convergencemag.com
! Link below:
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Cayden Mak
2 months ago
I had the conversation I wish more people would have about the Epstein Files last week with
@shannonperezdarby.bsky.social
and
@chanellegallant.bsky.social
.
convergencemag.com/podcast/prev...
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Preventing Another Epstein w/ Shannon Perez-Darby and Chanelle Gallant
How we can build survivor-centered movements, with Shannon Perez-Darby and Chanelle Gallant
https://convergencemag.com/podcast/preventing-another-epstein-w-shannon-perez-darby-and-chanelle-gallant/
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Kyle Tran Myhre
2 months ago
Thanks to
@convergencemag.com
for re-running the piece I wrote that locals might have already read at Racket. For the re-print, the only change I made was to the title: Because yeah I live in MPLS, but the work is also to get ICE out St. Paul, and the suburbs, and the whole state, and everywhere.
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How Artists Can Help Get ICE Out of Minneapolis (and Everywhere)
A few takeaways from a 500-person virtual workshop on how artists can show up and meaningfully support organizing in this moment.
https://convergencemag.com/articles/artists-against-ice/
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People's Action
2 months ago
Read
@ariassulma.bsky.social
latest thoughts in
@convergencemag.com
on how, together we can defeat the rise of authoritarianism through an
#OrganizingRevival
grounded in love and strength: with peaceful resistance grounded in solidarity, moral clarity and love. š
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How We Can Defeat Authoritarianism Together
We must move from scattered resistance to movements advancing disciplined, mass non-cooperation.
https://ppls.ac/howtowin
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Looking for some suggestions for the bookworms on your gift list this December? Look no further!
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4 months ago
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Nonviolence 3.0
5 months ago
āIf you tell us that America is already great, donāt 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.ā
@convergencemag.com
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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
@bdlimm.bsky.social
! 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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4 months ago
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Bright D Limm ģėģ¤
4 months 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 Zohranās 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
5 months ago
I highly recommend
@benlorber8.bsky.social
's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isnāt, 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
5 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
5 months ago
The CWD's Ben Case for
@convergencemag.com
: Benās 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
6 months ago
PRAās
@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
6 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 Isnāt, 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 intoā¦
https://convergencemag.com/articles/what-antisemitism-is-part-1/
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Lina Srivastava
6 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
6 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:
convergencemag.com/podcast/cont...
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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
6 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:
convergencemag.com/podcast/orga...
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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
7 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
7 months ago
AFSCās 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
7 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."
convergencemag.com/articles/bla...
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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
7 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
7 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! ā¤ļø
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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 peopleās movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
convergencemag.com
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#DigitalIDs
#SurveillanceState
#ReproJustice
#ConvergenceMag
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What's the big deal with digital IDs? The threat of expanded government power to police peopleās movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
convergencemag.com
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#DigitalIDs
#SurveillanceState
#ReproJustice
#ConvergenceMag
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National Women's Law Center
8 months ago
Digital IDs (like a driverās license on your phone) are being used to verify identity both IRL & onlineāposing 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 surveillancešļø
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Digital IDs Put Health Care Privacy at Risk
Digital IDs threaten to expand government power to police peopleās movement and medical care; this is particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.
http://bit.ly/3HeSNuH
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Rebecca Williams
8 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 peopleās 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 peopleās 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
8 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 governmentāand how it could have caused his companies to profit at the expense of everyday Americans š§µ (1/4)
#ElonMusk
#130Days
#DOGE
#Progressive
#Tesla
8 months ago
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Hagen Blix
8 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
8 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 ā 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 ģėģ¤
8 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
8 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 ā 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 agreeāand have the means to do soāwe encourage (1/5)
8 months ago
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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
8 months ago
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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
9 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
9 months ago
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Nonviolence 3.0
9 months ago
āWith Trump and the authoritarian Right stepping up the attacks on our communities, particularly our most vulnerable neighbors, there couldnāt be a better time for you and neighbors to start organizing to change the world.ā
@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 āshows that anyoneāregardless of their ageā¦
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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Ahh this is great! We love to see it.
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