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What Organizers Need From Lawyers, Part 2: Help Build Deep Democracy

by: Meena Jagannath; and Nikki Thanos
Article published:: September 6, 2017

"While keeping people safe and fighting for immediate material wins, we must also be steadfastly committed to the project of creating long-term governing power. Ultimately, lawyers are needed to dream and plan alongside organizers as left strategists."

A Convergence Series

How We Move Forward Together

Organizations from around our movement ecosystem share their contributions to the urgent work of blocking MAGA and building towards true multiracial democracy.

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How We Move Forward Together: The Rank & File Project

By: Abdullah F ,; Cyn Huang ,; and Marsha Niemeijer

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How We Move Forward Together: Essie Justice Group

By: Gina Clayton-Johnson

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Left Alignment

How We Move Forward Together: People’s Action

By: Sulma Arias

HOW WE WIN IN 2024 AND BEYOND

Movement Voices

Melanie Barron

Nikki Thanos

Meena Jagannath

Loan Tran

Podcasts

April 12, 2024 – Episode 2: Jennifer Knox, National Director of Organizing and Tech Innovation for Working Families

This week on the show we have a feature from Co-Executive Director of the Highlander Research and Education Center, Ash-Lee Henderson on the threat of another MAGA administration to the burgeoning labor movement. Also, Arizona is the latest state to lean into a total abortion ban in this post Dobbs world. What does that mean for us as organizers and voters?

Hosted by: Cayden Mak

Economic Justice

Labor Organizing

Organizing Practice

How We Move Forward Together: Bargaining for the Common Good

By: Liz Perlman; and Sandra Lane

Reining in Amazon to Build Up People-Powered Democracy

By: Lauren Jacobs; and Stacy Mitchell

Debt Ceilings, Federal Shutdowns and Deficits: Video

By: Luis Feliz Leon

How We Move Forward Together: The Rank & File Project

By: Abdullah F ,; Cyn Huang ,; and Marsha Niemeijer

File Under ‘S’ for Solidarity: Union Members Defend Local Library

By: Stephanie Luce

By: Sammie Ablaza Wills

The Ten Components of Good Strategy

By: Serena Adlerstein

Power 50 Is Transforming Leadership Development in the Movement

By: Aida Cuadrado Bozzo; and Bethel Tsegaye

Gaza and US Politics in the Shadow of MAGA

The war on Gaza raises the urgency of international solidarity and compounds the challenges of fighting the white supremacist, authoritarian Right at home. Join Convergence for a livestream discussion Monday, Dec. 11 at 8pm ET/ 7pm CT/ 5pm PT to deepen our understanding and feed our strategy.