An important part of solidarity with peoples movements internationally is being honest and accepting about what we don't understand. In this week's episode we explore the recent Gen-Z led movements across south asia from the perspective of two US based organizers from the Nepalese and Bangladeshi di

The Trump administrations head-spinningly absurd decisions on their illegal war on Iran may be by design. The rapid fire, inhumane, and un-strategic decisions are reminding us of the "Flood the Zone" strategy, attributed to Steve Bannon and aggressively deployed during the first 100 days of this ter

Labor’s Role in Blocking Trump’s Authoritarianism With Alex Caputo-Pearl (United Teachers Los Angeles)

Thanks for the kind review! Working with Alex has been awesome, he was also on the pod last year to talk about labor's role in fighting fascism: convergencemag.com/podcast/labo...

By the way, I highly recommend this entire series of articles in @convergencemag.com that aims (and in my opinion succeeds) in depicting how UTLA transformed into the excellent union it is today.

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Trump’s Genocidal Threats on Iran Are Enabled by a Vast Apparatus of Destruction “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump threatened.

"We also need to address the dehumanization that persists in every single aspect of American life... that has sent us down the path in which Trump can threaten to annihilate a civilization & we find ourselves with few answers about how to stop it."
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The latest from Max Elbaum. An essential read.

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 you’d…

Rynn and I chatted with @convergencemag.com about the Texas and Illinois primaries, AI data centers, and more.

Can listen here...

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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.

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! convergencemag.com/podcast/safe...

Memory Against Authoritarianism By Cayden Mak In Yoko Ogawa’s 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...

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...

How We Can Defeat Authoritarianism Together We must move from scattered resistance to movements advancing disciplined, mass non-cooperation.

“Indeed, it is ordinary people, effectively organized, who have brought forward every major advance of freedoms in this country—from Abolition to Women’s Suffrage to Marriage Equality.”

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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!)

Organizing Gamers from the Bottom Up Gamers are exploited by corporations and isolated by ideological warfare. But what if there’s another approach? Leaders from the Players Alliance explain how they’re organizing a constituency across…

Love the Players Alliance! @convergencemag.com on Organizing Gamers from the Bottom Up to fight corporate power!

How Myles Horton Built a Social Movement Institution The founder of the Highlander Center’s life and writing contain crucial lessons for building long-lasting institutions—ones that support organizations and everyday people through the peaks and valleys...

Great @markengler.bsky.social article about one of my movement heroes: Highlander Center founder, Myles Horton.🤩

"It’s 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

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.

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...

"Winning the world [we] want will require more than just voting—it 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 !

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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

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...

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.

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.

How We Can Defeat Authoritarianism Together We must move from scattered resistance to movements advancing disciplined, mass non-cooperation.

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.

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Hmm, this is a novel issue. Feel free to email us your responses at info@convergencemag.com

Looking for some suggestions for the bookworms on your gift list this December? Look no further!

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.

“If you tell us that America is already great, don’t 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.”

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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.

NYC-DSA Strategy in Zohran’s 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?

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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I highly recommend @benlorber8.bsky.social's "What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters" series in @convergencemag.com. Lorber offers a really grounded and accessible framework for understanding antisemitism.

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.

I was interviewed for @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast about Read This When Things Fall Apart.

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.

The CWD's Ben Case for @convergencemag.com :
Ben’s 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:
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What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters By Ben Lorber

What Antisemitism Is 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 into the fabric of white Christian nationalism and its authoritarian culture.

What It Isn’t In this moment, antisemitism largely doesn’t manifest in the kind of structural disparities in income, housing, incarceration and the like that characterize systemic racism. But these conspiracy theories remain structural in a different way. They are built into the layer of social storytelling, the ideological fabric that holds public understanding in a country shaped by centuries of hegemonic Christian attitudes.

Why It Matters In times of crisis like our own, authoritarian leaders draw on antisemitism as a distinct and powerful narrative tool to consolidate their base, name enemies, and advance their agenda. We must understand and combat antisemitism so that we can protect our Jewish comrades. But ending antisemitism is also crucial to getting everyone free. Antisemitism is a crucial weapon in the Right’s assault on justice movements.

PRA’s @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: convergencemag.com/articles/wha...

What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, 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 into…

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

ICYMI, I had a great conversation last week with @convergencemag.com on their "Block and Build" podcast about narrative power.

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