MARISA FRANCO: The State of Hate
Marisa Franco offers on-the-ground reflections from the struggle against SB 1070 in Arizona and suggests some ways forward for the ongoing fight.
Archive for the ‘Immigrant Rights Movement’ Category
JON AND RISHI: New Kids on the Bloc
Electoral Organizing / Immigrant Rights Movement / Racial Justice / Urban Struggles / Worker Organizing
April 7, 2010 1Jon Liss and Rishi Awatramani put forward a clear analysis of our current time and conditions for change, while highlighting opportunities for innovation in organizing.
JAMES MUMM: Reclaim Our Democracy
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Immigrant Rights Movement / Poor Peoples Movements / Urban Struggles
April 7, 2010 0James Mumm reflects on how we can turn the political disappointments of 2009 into opportunities for organizing and movement-building.
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.”
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.
AARTI SHAHANI: Democracy off ICE
Aarti Shahani considers the limits of the prevailing framework for immigrant rights and points to the need for structural shifts in policy.