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There are many forms of base-building power with which we're already quite familiar: as voter, worker, tenant, student, debtor.
But JoEllen Chernow asks: what do potential and actual forms of building power based on the identity of ✨survivor✨ look like?
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But JoEllen Chernow asks: what do potential and actual forms of building power based on the identity of ✨survivor✨ look like?
convergencemag.com/articles/wha...
September 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
There are many forms of base-building power with which we're already quite familiar: as voter, worker, tenant, student, debtor.
But JoEllen Chernow asks: what do potential and actual forms of building power based on the identity of ✨survivor✨ look like?
convergencemag.com/articles/wha...
But JoEllen Chernow asks: what do potential and actual forms of building power based on the identity of ✨survivor✨ look like?
convergencemag.com/articles/wha...
Survivors have the potential to be a political bloc that transforms the conditions that enable the scale of sexual violence in the United States. Read more about survivor power at the link in bio and at Convergence.
September 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Survivors have the potential to be a political bloc that transforms the conditions that enable the scale of sexual violence in the United States. Read more about survivor power at the link in bio and at Convergence.
Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions. Learn more about the work at our link in bio and at Convergence Magazine.
September 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions. Learn more about the work at our link in bio and at Convergence Magazine.
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Trying to take stock of 25 years post 9/11 has been hard but I really appreciated joining this conversation with Darakshan and Cayden on the Block & Build podcast, especially having an abolitionist lens to understanding the global and domestic war on terror and what that means for our work today.
Tracing the links from the early days of America's 25 year "War on Terror" to the authoritarian violence and detention wielded by today's administration.
Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
25 Years of the “War on Terror” w/ Silky Shah & Darakshan Raja
Looking back on 25 years of the War on Terror and opportunities today to dismantle the tools created to fight it, w/ Darakshan Raja (MJF) & Silky Shah (DWN).
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September 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Trying to take stock of 25 years post 9/11 has been hard but I really appreciated joining this conversation with Darakshan and Cayden on the Block & Build podcast, especially having an abolitionist lens to understanding the global and domestic war on terror and what that means for our work today.
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“The closures of rural hospitals, reduced access to food stamps, and giveaways to tech billionaires will create fresh opportunities to scale mutual aid and neighborly resistance into sustained parallel institutions.”
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How Parallel Institutions Challenge Authoritarianism
By directly meeting the needs of the people, parallel institutions expose government inadequacies and provide a vision for the future.
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September 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
“The closures of rural hospitals, reduced access to food stamps, and giveaways to tech billionaires will create fresh opportunities to scale mutual aid and neighborly resistance into sustained parallel institutions.”
@convergencemag.com
convergencemag.com/articles/how...
@convergencemag.com
convergencemag.com/articles/how...
Tracing the links from the early days of America's 25 year "War on Terror" to the authoritarian violence and detention wielded by today's administration.
Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
25 Years of the “War on Terror” w/ Silky Shah & Darakshan Raja
Looking back on 25 years of the War on Terror and opportunities today to dismantle the tools created to fight it, w/ Darakshan Raja (MJF) & Silky Shah (DWN).
convergencemag.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Tracing the links from the early days of America's 25 year "War on Terror" to the authoritarian violence and detention wielded by today's administration.
Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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In this @convergencemag.com piece, @chandrarusso.bsky.social and Shawna McCown argue that data center resistance could build a lasting multiracial movement, but only if organizers name the political uses of racism that keep working people divided.
🔗 Read:
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🔗 Read:
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Is Data Center Resistance a New Vehicle for Multiracial Democracy?
Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions.
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September 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
In this @convergencemag.com piece, @chandrarusso.bsky.social and Shawna McCown argue that data center resistance could build a lasting multiracial movement, but only if organizers name the political uses of racism that keep working people divided.
🔗 Read:
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🔗 Read:
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My newest piece with proud Appalachian organizer Shawna McCown in @convergencemag.com We argue that while data center resistance is winning many of its immediate fights, it can accomplish something bigger: building a multiracial movement of the many.
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Is Data Center Resistance a New Vehicle for Multiracial Democracy?
Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions.
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September 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
My newest piece with proud Appalachian organizer Shawna McCown in @convergencemag.com We argue that while data center resistance is winning many of its immediate fights, it can accomplish something bigger: building a multiracial movement of the many.
@surj.org j.org @stanfordpress.bsky.social
@surj.org j.org @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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No Future Without Us is a research-to-action compass that asks what it would take for us to keep immigration organizers in the social movements they help build instead of burning them out. @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/how...
How to Keep Organizers in the Movement: A Conversation with Immigration Organizer Tania Wolf
No Future Without Us is a research-to-action compass that asks what it would take for us to keep immigration organizers in the social movements they help build instead of burning them out.
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September 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
No Future Without Us is a research-to-action compass that asks what it would take for us to keep immigration organizers in the social movements they help build instead of burning them out. @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/how...
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Puya Gerami's assessment of how to understand the current united front against US federal fascism is one that I would love to see become the shared analysis of millions—starting with tens of thousands of fellow active members of organizations composing the governing-power Left.
Convergence’s Block and Build strategy contains within it a call for a united front. Instead of seeing these fronts as a one dimension left to right spectrum, this article argues that they are actually sets of concentric circles with the Left at the core.
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September 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Puya Gerami's assessment of how to understand the current united front against US federal fascism is one that I would love to see become the shared analysis of millions—starting with tens of thousands of fellow active members of organizations composing the governing-power Left.
Convergence’s Block and Build strategy contains within it a call for a united front. Instead of seeing these fronts as a one dimension left to right spectrum, this article argues that they are actually sets of concentric circles with the Left at the core.
convergencemag.com/articles/thr...
convergencemag.com/articles/thr...
September 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Convergence’s Block and Build strategy contains within it a call for a united front. Instead of seeing these fronts as a one dimension left to right spectrum, this article argues that they are actually sets of concentric circles with the Left at the core.
convergencemag.com/articles/thr...
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📣 Our monthly #AttentionEconomyNavigator for the month that was August 2026 is here!📣
It's our quick guide to what you should be paying attention to, and what you could probably stand to pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you'd think!
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It's our quick guide to what you should be paying attention to, and what you could probably stand to pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you'd think!
convergencemag.com/podcast/the-...
September 2, 2026 at 8:38 PM
📣 Our monthly #AttentionEconomyNavigator for the month that was August 2026 is here!📣
It's our quick guide to what you should be paying attention to, and what you could probably stand to pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you'd think!
convergencemag.com/podcast/the-...
It's our quick guide to what you should be paying attention to, and what you could probably stand to pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you'd think!
convergencemag.com/podcast/the-...
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Carl Davidson has updated his outstanding "6-party system" assessment of the US' electoral terrain.
In my opinion, CD's functional analysis of what are the US' real political parties continues to be the best.
(Thanks to @convergencemag.com for publishing it.)
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In my opinion, CD's functional analysis of what are the US' real political parties continues to be the best.
(Thanks to @convergencemag.com for publishing it.)
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Mapping the Six-Party System on the 2026 Electoral Terrain
Our two-party system is actually the terrain on which six ideologicial blocs contest for power.
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September 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Carl Davidson has updated his outstanding "6-party system" assessment of the US' electoral terrain.
In my opinion, CD's functional analysis of what are the US' real political parties continues to be the best.
(Thanks to @convergencemag.com for publishing it.)
convergencemag.com/articles/map...
In my opinion, CD's functional analysis of what are the US' real political parties continues to be the best.
(Thanks to @convergencemag.com for publishing it.)
convergencemag.com/articles/map...
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What a treat to have @catachresis.bsky.social on the pod - publisher of @convergencemag.com , to talk about visions for a better internet, organizing beyond issues, and the recent Convergence Article about building a pro-Trans majority.
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Cayden Mak: Organizing Beyond the Algorithm
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · September 1 · 46m
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September 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
What a treat to have @catachresis.bsky.social on the pod - publisher of @convergencemag.com , to talk about visions for a better internet, organizing beyond issues, and the recent Convergence Article about building a pro-Trans majority.
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As @ashdashlee.bsky.social has recently shown (in a piece now also published in the great @convergencemag.com), the Battleground Map is a too short-term + myopic a lens through which to prioritize electoral base-building. The Left's plans must include MAKING turf flippable.
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@ashdashlee.bsky.social's latest in Convergence highlights the way that the old calculus of "battleground" vs. "safe" states needs to be upended in a post-Callais world.
The Battleground Map Is Lying to You
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, the first Black woman to serve as Co-Executive Director of Highlander Center, explains how focusing resources on “battleground” states can lead to further neglecting…
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August 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM
As @ashdashlee.bsky.social has recently shown (in a piece now also published in the great @convergencemag.com), the Battleground Map is a too short-term + myopic a lens through which to prioritize electoral base-building. The Left's plans must include MAKING turf flippable.
bsky.app/profile/conv...
bsky.app/profile/conv...
@ashdashlee.bsky.social's latest in Convergence highlights the way that the old calculus of "battleground" vs. "safe" states needs to be upended in a post-Callais world.
The Battleground Map Is Lying to You
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, the first Black woman to serve as Co-Executive Director of Highlander Center, explains how focusing resources on “battleground” states can lead to further neglecting…
convergencemag.com
August 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
@ashdashlee.bsky.social's latest in Convergence highlights the way that the old calculus of "battleground" vs. "safe" states needs to be upended in a post-Callais world.
For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible.
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Learning from COINTELPRO’s Survivors: Accountability and Repair
For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible.
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August 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible.
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“Once communication [among net-aligned organizations] broke down, and once we began dehumanizing other organizations or seeing them as less legitimate, the movement became vulnerable."
Within this piece is told much movement-ecosystem wisdom, as shared by Watani Stiner and interpreted by Kazu Haga.
Within this piece is told much movement-ecosystem wisdom, as shared by Watani Stiner and interpreted by Kazu Haga.
This Black August, we present to you this important reflection on conflict within movements. For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible. Read at Convergence Magazine, there's link in our bio.
August 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
“Once communication [among net-aligned organizations] broke down, and once we began dehumanizing other organizations or seeing them as less legitimate, the movement became vulnerable."
Within this piece is told much movement-ecosystem wisdom, as shared by Watani Stiner and interpreted by Kazu Haga.
Within this piece is told much movement-ecosystem wisdom, as shared by Watani Stiner and interpreted by Kazu Haga.
"When an organizer burns out, you’re not going to see that in a grant report. Nobody writes that so-and-so left because the grief of this work became too heavy to carry every day. But that’s the real story a lot of the time."
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August 26, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"When an organizer burns out, you’re not going to see that in a grant report. Nobody writes that so-and-so left because the grief of this work became too heavy to carry every day. But that’s the real story a lot of the time."
convergencemag.com/articles/how...
convergencemag.com/articles/how...
This Black August, we present to you this important reflection on conflict within movements. For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible. Read at Convergence Magazine, there's link in our bio.
August 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This Black August, we present to you this important reflection on conflict within movements. For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible. Read at Convergence Magazine, there's link in our bio.
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How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth
A conversation with the authors of “Remaking Democracy: How We Make the Worlds We Want.”
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August 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴
@whitwash.bsky.social: Labor councils are important but often overlooked institutions for building working-class power.
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A Union of Unions: Revitalizing Labor Councils
Labor councils are important but often overlooked institutions for building working-class power. In this piece, Convergence Resident Writer Whitney Washington takes us from Tennessee to Vermont to…
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August 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
@whitwash.bsky.social: Labor councils are important but often overlooked institutions for building working-class power.
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Solidaire member, Beezer de Martelly at Common Counsel Foundation published an article at @convergencemag.com that shows what philanthropy and grassroots movements can achieve when we work together! convergencemag.com/articles/a-b...
August 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Solidaire member, Beezer de Martelly at Common Counsel Foundation published an article at @convergencemag.com that shows what philanthropy and grassroots movements can achieve when we work together! convergencemag.com/articles/a-b...
By directly meeting the needs of the people, parallel institutions—from those built by the Black Panther Party to those created by ex-CDC employees—expose government inadequacies and provide a vision for the future. Learn more about parallel institutions at the link in the bio and our site.
August 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM
By directly meeting the needs of the people, parallel institutions—from those built by the Black Panther Party to those created by ex-CDC employees—expose government inadequacies and provide a vision for the future. Learn more about parallel institutions at the link in the bio and our site.
Fresco Steez, of the Dream Defenders, has helped shape the visual language of modern Black liberation movements. Fresco treats design not simply as branding, but as infrastructure for movement building and people power. Learn how Fresco approaches making the revolution irresistible in this interview
August 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Fresco Steez, of the Dream Defenders, has helped shape the visual language of modern Black liberation movements. Fresco treats design not simply as branding, but as infrastructure for movement building and people power. Learn how Fresco approaches making the revolution irresistible in this interview