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Here’s what our team’s been digging into this month! We’re sharing the media that’s keeping us grounded and fueled. What’s on your current faves list?

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Remembering Lucy Parsons (1851–1942), anarcho-communist writer and labor organizer. She contributed to radical publications like The Alarm and The Socialist. She co-founded the IWW in 1905, organized for workers' rights, and worked with the International Labor Defense.

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Copeland, a disabled organizer and former policy analyst details their experience facing the lack of care in movement strategy around surviving the current administration. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE forgeorganizing.org/article/coll...

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This Black History Month, we’re revisiting the voices of Black organizers from our 2021 Uprisings Issue to reflect on the relationship between movements and organizations, the complexities money brings to the work, and our collective duty to win. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/it-o...

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Our Editor In Chief, Clarissa Brooks, unpacks the phenomenon of solidarity being misunderstood and corrects the record on the origins of the purpose of global solidarity efforts for marginalized people. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/soli...

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We’re revisiting our conversation with Rachel Schragis and Josh Yoder from Look Loud. Check out how they’re leveling up protests everywhere with beautiful, intentional, and powerful art. READ FULL FEATURE forgeorganizing.org/article/can-...

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Remembering Eslanda Goode Robeson (1895–1965), anthropologist, writer, and internationalist. Despite being surveilled by U.S. and British intelligence, her writing, like “Southern Officers Treat Korean POWs Like Negroes in the South”, challenged racism and imperialism globally.

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Poet & Writer, Tamar Ashdot, parses through their family legacy to unpack the legacy of fear that has led American Jewish communities to stay loyal to Zionism while others have rejected it. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/fear...

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In a world that tells us leadership must come from the top, a different approach has long existed. Inspired by Ella Baker’s vision of participatory democracy, how do we empower communities to take ownership of their struggles and their solutions? READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/just...

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As we honor Black History Month, we revisit the voices of Black organizers from our 2021 Uprisings Issue to reflect on their work with young people and envision what a childhood free from police could look like. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/poli...

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Forge editors reflect on how Palestine is central to defeating fascism in the next administration. Progressives' retreat from the Palestinian cause shows the fragility of the resistance. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/pale...

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The journey from reform to abolition is a process of learning and reimagining. Executive Director of the African American Roundtable in Milwaukee unpacks their journey from local reform work to a national focus on the prison abolition movement. READ HERE forgeorganizing.org/article/from...

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Today, we remember Ethel Minor (1938–2022), civil rights leader and journalist. She wrote the 1967 article “Third World Round Up: The Palestine Problem,” becoming SNCC’s official Palestine Statement. Minor also served as Malcolm X’s secretary and edited Kwame Ture’s work.

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Lead strategists at Working Families Party and The Uncommitted Movement join together to share the lessons and purpose that led them to push the Democratic party further left—ending the flow of bombs and bullets to the Israeli government to save lives. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/a-ca...

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How do movements build power? With research that maps out who’s in control and how to challenge them. From antiwar campaigns to justice for janitors, past movements have used research to expose power, find leverage, and create change. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/lear...

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As we honor Black History Month, we revisit the voices of Black organizers from our 2021 Uprisings Issue, whose reflections on building sustainable movements remind us of what's still at stake as we face new challenges today. READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/we-h...

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Delaney Vandergrift pulls from Black movement thinkers—Kwame Ture and Charles V. Hamilton—in her latest article, detailing the Democratic Party’s failure to show up for young people. Read full article here: forgeorganizing.org/article/gen-...

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In 2024, Arizona swung red for Trump, yet voters overwhelmingly backed Prop 139, enshrining abortion access in the state constitution. How did organizers unite people across party lines for this win? READ NOW forgeorganizing.org/article/how-...

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This Black History Month, we’ll be honoring the writers, organizers, and revolutionaries who’ve shaped movements for labor, civil rights, and dignity for all! Who would you like to see featured? Let us know!

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Are you an organizer who wants to share insights on your campaign, conduct an interview, or write a book review? We would love to hear from you! Check out our submission guidelines by clicking the link below. forgeorganizing.org/submission-g...

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