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ROBIN KELLEY: Strength to Love & Dream

Robin Kelley reflects on the hopes and visions that underlie social movements and that can help transcend narrowness and cynicism.

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AI-JEN POO: Organizing With Love

Ai-jen Poo reflects on the current political moment and offers lessons from her 15 years of on-the-ground organizing.

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HASHIM & TIFFANY: Rooted in Love

Hashim and Tiffany Yeomans-Benford share their vision of love-based action and why we won’t win if we don’t open our hearts.

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MAKANI THEMBA-NIXON: We Need a New Division of Labor

Makani explores how the Obama Movement obscured and now pushes us to redefine our notions of “progressive”, “the State” and “the Left.”

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ROBERTO LOVATO: Latino Netroots Versus Lou Dobbs

Aarti Shahani interviewed Roberto Lovato, founder of Presente.org, about the successful campaigns to demand Lou Dobbs’ ouster from CNN.

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TERRY MARSHALL: It’s All About Hegemony

In this interview, Terry Marshall examines the role of new media and the battle of ideas in left strategy for the 21st century.

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