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Transformative Organizing
By Eric Mann The history of organizing in the United States has always mirrored the politics of the country, with three major approaches driving social change: 1) Right-wing organizing as reflected in...
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On Occupy
Autumn Awakening | Vol. 18, No. 2– 2011 | CreditsTo order the print edition of "Autumn Awakening" use the back issues page.Special Section on Occupy. Featuring: Angela Davis, Steve Williams, María...
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This Changes Everything; Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement
Source: Yes! Magazine/Berret-KoehlerThe Occupy Wall Street movement named the core issue of our time: the overwhelming power of Wall Street and large corporations— something the political establishment...
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Carl Anthony on Earth Day: Then and Now
Carl_Anthony_RPE_EarthDay_1990.mp3“Because of the white bias of the environmental movement, there was almost no talk about cities, even though 85 percent of the population of the United States lived in...
View ArticleLessons from the Civil Rights Movement
An interview with Damu SmithMany environmental justice leaders and organizers consider the EJ Movement to be a direct descendant of civil rights struggles or the latest manifestation of the justice...
View ArticleFerguson Videos
It is our duty to fight for our freedom... from Heather Wilson on Vimeo. TweetMovement Building
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Ecological Revolution
By Movement GenerationThe central challenge of our times is the crisis of disconnection. Many of us see ourselves as apart from, rather than a part of the living world. We see ourselves as a collection...
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The Fire This Time: Ferguson
By Alicia GarzaSince the first week of August 2014, a rebellion has grown in St. Louis, Missouri sparked by the murder of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson....
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November 19, 6pm — Release Party: Alive!
RP&E Release Party: Movements Making MediaThursday November 19, 6 pm - 9 pm Food, drink, conversation and more! Oakstop, 1721 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612 Join Reimagine! organizers, writers, dancers...
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Reimagine Everything
From a Speech by Grace Lee BoggsI’m a very old woman. I was born in 1915 in what was later known as the First World War, two years before the Russian Revolution. And because I was born to Chinese...
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Transit Allies Fight for Share of Sales Tax
By Marcy ReinThe smell of garlic growing hits your nose as you turn off Hwy 101 onto Route 152 through Gilroy. With its wide streets, low buildings, and dry 95-degree heat, Gilroy feels like a Central...
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Bus Riders Step Up for Better Service
By Harvey I. Barkin, Photos by TiburonCutting-edge technology and the best-paying jobs may be in San Jose. But San Jose also has a far worse commute time than the national average, and low-income...
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Social Justice Unions Claim Deep Roots in Silicon Valley
By David BaconThe Santa Clara Valley labor movement took off in the 1880s as agribusiness boomed. Huge orchards of prunes, apricots, and other fruit flourished, and alongside them, the canning industry...
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Bus Rider Profile: Arturo Velarde
By Harvey BarkinWhen his car broke down three years ago, Arturo Velarde decided he had more important goals in life than driving again. He has since been using the bus, mostly for work, but also for...
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Roots of Social Justice Organizing in Silicon Valley
By David Bacon California’s next-to-last lynching (the last was an African-American man lynched in Callahan in 1947) took place in St. James Park, in downtown San Jose, in 1933. Radical labor...
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Black Lives Matter Allies in Change
Interview by Margi Clarke and Preeti ShekarIn September 2015, Reimagine! invited five Bay Area activists to discuss how their organizations and communities relate to the Movement for Black Lives. Our...
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Street Knowledge: Power for Positive Change
By Nicole LeeThroughout California and across the country, communities of color are caught in a cycle of violence and mass incarceration, a cycle whose wheels were in motion years before the young...
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Heritage of Healing: Ecology of Hope
By Kelly CurryIt’s a bright sunny Sunday and I’m sitting in my homeboy’s restaurant drinking a cup of his rich, black coffee. With ceiling fans whirling overhead, the last customer, of the last rush,...
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Collaborative Liberation Arts Workshop Series (CLAWS)
Dear friends of RP&E and Reimagine! community members,Hope you can join me in creating a new project we’re calling Collaborative Liberation Arts Workshop Series (CLAWS). Jiwon Chung is kicking off...
View ArticleNo Coal in Oakland, A Report on the Campaign
Source: No Coal in Oaklandby Margaret RossoffTable of ContentsIntroductionStrategyAdvantages at the outsetStrategic assessment of forcesPro-coalAnti-coalTacticsDiversityOrganizationThe evidencePlan...
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