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New Jersey’s movement against ICE detention is not going away

3 weeks ago | wagingnonviolence.org | Sam Carliner

New Jersey’s newest immigrant detention center, Delaney Hall, sits deep in the arteries of Newark, where shipping containers are stacked on top of each other in every direction. The air smells like sewage and the roads surrounding the center are constantly filled with truckers driving around. None of this has deterred activists from holding daily vigils outside of Delaney Hall.
Why building inspiring alternatives is necessary to counter authoritarianism

1 month ago | wagingnonviolence.org | Barbara Peterson

We are heading down a perilous road. Vulnerable communities face growing threats. The climate crisis is outpacing scientists’ worst predictions. Authoritarianism is no longer a distant possibility — it is rising, with democracy backsliding across the globe. With Trump’s return, public services like education, labor protections, humane immigration policies, health care and diversity programs are being dismantled. Meanwhile, trust in democracy is eroding — especially among young people.
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Labor union lessons in solidarity are fueling tenant organizing

2 months ago | wagingnonviolence.org | Fran Quigley

When Christina Jackson first started talking with her neighbors living in a Denver apartment building about their shared concerns about elevators not working, water being shut off, and roaches in their apartments, the response was guarded. “A lot of the tenants were scared to complain because they worried they would get evicted if they spoke up,” Jackson said. The worry is not an unreasonable one.
How to effectively pressure a reluctant United Nations

2 months ago | wagingnonviolence.org | Phil Wilmot

Embed from Getty ImagesAs opinions on the Trump-Musk forced closure of USAID reverberate across the world — with progressive members of Congress protesting at the headquarters, and critics from the left highlighting its imperialistic reach — what institutions can ground our faith in humanitarianism? The United Nations, established in the wake of World War II, has for generations been as a major force to improve humanity.
Inside the resurgence of Jewish-led Palestine solidarity

2 months ago | wagingnonviolence.org | Shane Burley

Over the last year and a half, the movement for Palestinian liberation has become one of the largest American social movements of the decade. Not only that, there has also been an incredible resurgence of the Jewish left, as Jewish Palestine solidarity organizations, such as IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace, organize a growing contingent of young Jews for an end to the genocide in Gaza.
How pro-Palestine student activists are fighting increasing repression

Mar 11, 2025 | wagingnonviolence.org | Sam Carliner

The student movement for Palestine is once again in the news following reports that ICE detained Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of pro-Palestine organizing at Columbia University. The Trump administration appears to be delivering on its promise to go after foreign students who participate in the movement for Palestine. Trump has already passed several executive orders as part of this McCarthyist attack on universities. The outrage against Khalil’s detention is clear.
Lessons on trans liberation from the U.S. South

Mar 6, 2025 | wagingnonviolence.org | Nick Fulton

Embed from Getty ImagesIn a recent exchange between President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills, she publicly declined to comply with Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletic participation. The governor’s act of defiance made headlines as electeds, advocates and organizers grapple with how they might respond to the president’s anti-trans agenda.
Lessons on survival and solidarity from ‘No Other Land’

Feb 28, 2025 | wagingnonviolence.org | Matt Meyer

In “normal” times, bulldozers are vehicles designed to assist construction sites. Bulldozers are not primarily instruments of death and genocide. In the Academy-award nominated best feature documentary film “No Other Land”, however, the bulldozer is an instrument of horror and evil. “No Other Land” is the story of contemporary Masafer Yatta, a collection of 19 hamlets and communities in the southern region of Palestine, near Hebron in what is now the West Bank.
Gandhi's faith in humanity is a call to action

Feb 25, 2025 | wagingnonviolence.org | Michael Nagler |Stephanie Van Hook

Embed from Getty ImagesGandhi famously said, “We must never lose our faith in humanity.” More than a maxim, this is an urgent call to action. In this moment, we must embody faith in humanity as a living practice. The cruelty we see in politics today is not an anomaly but a feature of a system that thrives on division, fear and disempowerment.