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Nov 8, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Max Elbaum |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
It is not easy to function in an emergency and prepare for a long-haul fight at the same time. But right now, all of us committed to peace and justice in Israel-Palestine need to meet that challenge. What’s more, all those concerned about the threat of racist authoritarianism in the US need to do the same.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Max Elbaum |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
When I was a kid, every television station portrayed Native Americans as savages. Those who took their land using “guns, germs, and steel” were depicted as peace-loving bearers of civilization itself.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Beth Huang |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
“USSA is dead,” my friend told me over the phone. I felt like I had been punched in the gut, even though for years I had known that I would eventually hear these words. After 70 years as the nation’s largest student association, the United States Student Association (USSA) failed to elect new leadership in 2017.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Nicole Carty |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
Organizing right now is difficult. Over the past decade, we witnessed an explosion of social movements—from Occupy Wall Street and the Movement for Black Lives to the Sunrise Movement and March for Our Lives. These movements unveiled the deepest systemic issues plaguing our nation. However, the fervor of these “Movement Times” has given way to exhaustion, cynicism, and disillusionment within organizing circles and the broader public.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Stephanie Luce |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
When teens and librarians planned a Drag Make-Up Hour at the Peabody Institute Library in Danvers, MA (a small town about 25 miles north of Boston) they drew fury from a handful of right-wingers—and heartfelt support from the community, including dozens of union members from the North Shore Labor Council. Holding rainbow signs that read “North Shore Labor Council: Where No Worker and No Union Stands Alone,” they joined hundreds of others from LBGTQ+, faith, peace, and environmental communities.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Ellen Bravo |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
I saw Barbie at a Sunday matinee 10 days after it opened, in a sold-out theater in Milwaukee. Along with most of the audience, I cheered and hooted and burst into applause. I clapped for women standing up for themselves and for democracy. Since the film premiered, I’ve loved seeing a jump in people of all ages talking about patriarchy and toxic masculinity. And I’ve rejoiced at the conniptions the film sparked for right-wing politicians like Matt Gaetz and Ted Cruz.
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Jul 23, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Max Elbaum |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
A Convergence Series Max Elbaum tracks MAGA’s drive toward domination—and our efforts to block it while building independent progressive power. This installment of “It Is Happening Here” features Max Elbaum’s opening comments from a panel discussion on the state of the American Left. The July 12 forum was co-sponsored by the New York City and Mid-Hudson Valley chapters of Democratic Socialists of America and held at People’s Forum in New York City.
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Jul 14, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Sulma Arias |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
Skip to content Skip to footer by Article published: “To defeat the rising tide of authoritarianism, organizations that are part of a pro-democracy movement must reground ourselves in relational, transformational, power-based community organizing,” Organizing Against Autocracy A Convergence Series The 22nd Century Conference’s discussion about the pro-democracy movement and its response to authoritarianism could not come at a better time.
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Jun 20, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Max Elbaum |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
Skip to content Skip to footer by Article published: “An authoritarian bloc with a fascist core is driving for control of all branches of the federal government; the rest is detail.” It Is Happening Here A Convergence Series Max Elbaum tracks MAGA’s drive toward domination—and our efforts to block it while building independent progressive power. This is the third installment of a new column by Convergence Editorial Board member Max Elbaum.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
convergencemag.com | Jeff Crosby |Emma Tai |Jackson Potter |Ma-Riah Roberson-Moody
The first part of this article introduced the history, structure and funding of the New Lynn Coalition. This second part addresses further challenges of building working-class power that is independent of other forces and the ideological work of building a working-class identity in this period. The 10-year-old Coalition is trying to build a durable alliance of labor and community groups that can exercise local power. In the electoral arena, we’ve built our influence through focused work on issues.
