28. BC NDP Premier David Eby withdraws plans to suspend key portions of the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in the face of Indigenous opposition. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #MovementWins2026
26. Though this article doesn't mention specific instances, it reports that tech giants have recently abandoned construction of a number of multi-billion dollar data centres in the face of community opposition. www.reuters.com/sustainabili... #MovementWins2026
25. In a victory for tenants, the BC municipality which saw 33 heat-related deaths in the 2021 heat dome has passed a by-law requiring at least one cool room in all rental units. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04... #MovementWins2026
24. In a win for the Palestine solidarity movement, two years of organizing by arts workers have forced the Azrieli Foundation out of the Toronto Arts Foundation. www.instagram.com/p/DWOz0WmgKia/ #MovementWins2026
23. In a win for the Palestine solidarity movement, the 40,000-member BC Teachers Federation has passed a resolution in support of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. bsky.app/profile/hars... #MovementWins2026
22. From the UK - In an immediate sense, this is mostly about a disastrous Labour government flailing about to find accomplishments it can campaign on. But in the longer view, a lot of struggle over centuries led to this win. apnews.com/article/uk-h... #MovementWins2026
21. Extensive grassroots pushback to the proposed austerity budget in Nova Scotia has succeeded in forcing the government to reverse course on some cuts. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #MovementWins2026
20. In the face of a campaign by environmentalists (and other challenges), owners of a UK-based power plant announced they would stop burning trees from British Columbia within the next year. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #MovementWins2026
19. After the Grand River Conservation Authority sold a chunk of land, community pressure pushed the Guelph, Ontario, city council to designate the land as open space/parkland, thereby protecting it from development. act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/email?m... #MovementWins2026
18. From Brazil - Indigenous resistance forces the government to revoke a decree that would have opened several rivers to privatization and development. amazonwatch.org/news/2026/02... #MovementWins2026
17. From the US: Volkswagen workers in Tennessee get their first union contract. www.npr.org/2026/02/19/n... #MovementWins2026
16. Grassroots pushback against a proposed anti-protest by-law in Winnipeg has resulted in it being withdrawn, at least for now. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #MovementWins2026
15. In a victory for the climate movement, grassroots mobilization pushed Hamilton, Ontario city council to vote down a measure that would've cut important funding for climate measures from the 2026 budget. www.instagram.com/p/DUtRMlaiQV0/ hamilton350climate.org #MovementWins2026
14. In a victory for the Palestine solidarity movement, Scotiabank subsidiary 1832 Asset Management seems (after years of grassroots pressure) to have divested all shares in Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. www.instagram.com/p/DUtjhGnki99/ #MovementWins2026
13. From the UK -- It's always hard to know when a court ruling is the result of grassroots action, and there is lots that's troubling about this ruling, but I think it's a victory for the sustained disobedience of the PA proscription. news.sky.com/story/palest... #MovementWins2026
12. From Belgium -- Mobilization in the arts sector and beyond at least partially defeated austerity measures that would have effectively closed the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp. www.belganewsagency.eu/culture-sect... #MovementWins2026
11. From the US -- Grassroots mobilization defeated efforts to bring a data centre to Canton, North Carolina. smokymountainnews.com/news/item/40... #MovementWins2026
10. From the US -- In a victory for the migrant justice movement, a New Jersey-based auto company has turned down a contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the face of community pressure. patch.com/new-jersey/c... #MovementWins2026
9. The campaign to get Canadian governments and other institutions to stop using X/Twitter, in the wake of the platform allowing its AI tool to make sexualized deepfakes for users, scored a win as New Brunswick decided to take the step. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #MovementWins2026
8. From Spain - A major migrant justice victory as Spain grants legal status to half a million undocumented migrants. www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/e... #MovementWins2026
7. Grassroots pressure on both sides of the border has pushed BC-based billionaire Jim Pattison not to sell an industrial building in Virginia to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for use as a detention facility. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #MovementWins2026
6. From the US - the struggle ahead will still be long and difficult, but the sacking of Greg Bovino is a win for those bravely protesting ICE on the streets of Minneapolis and across the country. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... #MovementWins2026
5. A campaign succeeded in pushing Women's College Hospital in Toronto to disinvite a prominent researcher who has partnered in the past with an anti-trans hate group. www.instagram.com/p/DT57IIrCbb... #MovementWins2026
4. From the UK - While they did not win all of their demands, the Palestine Action hunger strikers claim victory as the UK government denies a £2bn contract to Israeli arms company Elbit Systems. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/... #MovementWins2026
3. From Bolivia - Weeks of mass struggle by workers and popular movements forced the country's neoliberal government to withdraw a measure that would've made life much more expensive for ordinary people. peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/w... #MovementWins2026
2. From Australia: Writer Randa Abdel-Fattah was dis-invited from the Adelaide Writers Festival. Her being re-invited would've been better, but the cancellation of the AWF is still a win for those who mobilized against this anti-Palestinian racism. www.cbc.ca/news/world/a... #MovementWins2026
1. Extensive mobilization pressured the Toronto Sun to condemn their Ottawa bureau chief for making what appeared to be approving comments on social media about the murder of Renee Good by ICE in Minneapolis. pressprogress.ca/postmedia-su... #MovementWins2026
And...I think that's it. 2026 is going to be rough, so please join me in seeking radical hope in the form of collective, grassroots victories! #MovementWins2026
Once again in 2026, I'm going to maintain a thread on Twitter and on Bluesky tracking victories won by social movements and other grassroots formations fighting for justice and liberation. #MovementWins2026
