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1 week ago | 
portside.org | Mark Engler |Paul Engler |Rick Pidcock |Matt Simon
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 22, 2025 Published April 22, 2025 A Movement Moment? Racism U.: From Bob Jones to MAGA Trump Cuts and Weather Disasters Rude Awakenings in Trumpland... ...But What About the Libs? Students, Teachers and ICE Hot Girls for Zohran DEI or GTFOReactionary NihilismFrancis’s Mic DropA Movement Moment?
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3 weeks ago | 
portside.org | Mark Engler |Paul Engler |Rick Pidcock |Matt Simon
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 22, 2025 Published April 22, 2025 A Movement Moment? Racism U.: From Bob Jones to MAGA Trump Cuts and Weather Disasters Rude Awakenings in Trumpland... ...But What About the Libs? Students, Teachers and ICE Hot Girls for Zohran DEI or GTFOReactionary NihilismFrancis’s Mic DropA Movement Moment?
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
forgeorganizing.org | Paul Engler |Mark Engler
For movements trying to harness the energy that emerges during political upheavals, mass training provides a crucial means to develop leadership and bring in new participants. Social movements often face a contradiction: To expand and thrive, they need to bring in ever-greater numbers of new participants. And yet, knowing how to effectively absorb new people and plug them into a movement’s work can be very difficult.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
forgeorganizing.org | Mark Engler |Paul Engler
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
counterpunch.org | Paul Engler
Social movements often face a contradiction: To expand and thrive, they need to bring in ever-greater numbers of new participants. And yet, knowing how to effectively absorb new people and plug them into a movement’s work can be very difficult. This is a problem even during normal times, but it grows even bigger during times of political crisis — such as the moment we are facing right now. Imagine that you are an organizer and that you just pulled off a fantastic direct action.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Paul Engler
Above photo: The Cosecha national assembly. Mass trainings are the key. For movements trying to harness the energy that emerges during political upheavals, mass training provides a crucial means to develop leadership and bring in new participants. Social movements often face a contradiction: To expand and thrive, they need to bring in ever-greater numbers of new participants. And yet, knowing how to effectively absorb new people and plug them into a movement’s work can be very difficult.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
znetwork.org | Paul Engler
Social movements often face a contradiction: To expand and thrive, they need to bring in ever-greater numbers of new participants. And yet, knowing how to effectively absorb new people and plug them into a movement’s work can be very difficult. This is a problem even during normal times, but it grows even bigger during times of political crisis — such as the moment we are facing right now. Imagine that you are an organizer and that you just pulled off a fantastic direct action.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
wagingnonviolence.org | Paul Engler
Social movements often face a contradiction: To expand and thrive, they need to bring in ever-greater numbers of new participants. And yet, knowing how to effectively absorb new people and plug them into a movement’s work can be very difficult. This is a problem even during normal times, but it grows even bigger during times of political crisis — such as the moment we are facing right now. Imagine that you are an organizer and that you just pulled off a fantastic direct action.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
inthesetimes.com | Mark Engler |Paul Engler
Mark Engler and Paul Engler November 19, 2024 For many of us, the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory has been a time of deep despair and mourning. There has been plenty of commentary trying to make sense of Trump’s win and the factors that led to it.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
pressenza.com | Mark Engler |Paul Engler
By Mark Engler and Paul EnglerFor many of us, the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory has been a time of deep despair and mourning. There has been plenty of commentary trying to make sense of Trump’s win and the factors that led to it.
