Grassroots Power

All it takes is a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens.

Registering for Peace

by Tobin Jacobrown

posted Aug 06, 2009

To register as a conscientious objector, Toby Jacobrown had to sue the federal government.

People We Love :: Peter Marshall

by Madeline Ostrander

posted Jul 07, 2009

Fighting fire with climate activism.

People Power Pushed the New Deal

by Sarah Anderson

posted Jun 05, 2009

Roosevelt didn’t come up with all those progressive programs on his own.

In Review :: Rules for Online Radicals

by James Trimarco

posted May 07, 2009

James Trimarco reviews Markos Moulitsas Zúniga’s Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era.

How to Get Involved in Food Policy Councils

by Mark Winne

posted Feb 14, 2009

Here are seven tips for local food citizens interested in organizing food policy councils.

Call for Mass Civil Disobedience Against Coal

by Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry

posted Feb 14, 2009

This is an open letter from Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben.

Update :: Americans Really Mean It: We Want Universal Health Care

posted Feb 13, 2009

Americans Really Mean It: We Want Universal Health Care.

Update :: Gandhian-Style Revolution

posted Oct 31, 2008

11 years ago in YES! we wrote about a visit to the headquarters of the Sri Lankan Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement. Today … we report on how the movement has grown: Sarvodaya is now the largest micro-credit organization in Sri Lanka.

People We Love :: Matthew LaClair

by Noah Grant

posted Oct 31, 2008

When his 11th-grade history teacher told the class that they would go to hell if they rejected God's salvation, Matthew LaClair thought the remarks crossed a line.

Signs of Life :: Iraq's Nonviolence Activism

by Kristin Carlsen

posted Oct 31, 2008

More than 100 citizen groups in all 18 Iraqi provinces participated in a Week of Nonviolence, aimed at reducing violence in the January 2009 provincial elections.

Having a Voice Makes People Happy

by Frances Moore Lappé

posted Oct 31, 2008

Most human beings are not couch potatoes and whiners. We are doers and creators. In fact, humans need to 'make a dent.'

Social Change not Climate Change

by Juliette Beck

posted Aug 14, 2008

Activists and communities in the United Kingdom—where over two hundred years ago, the first lumps of coal were burnt to power the industrial revolution—are igniting a historic revolution of their own. Last week, over 1500 people from all walks of life converged in the Kent countryside, just one-hour southeast of London by train, to rally against climate change in a demonstration of collective, sustainable living and creative direct action.

First Anniversary of the U.S. Social Forum

by Alice Lovelace

posted Aug 14, 2008

Just over a year ago on June 27 to July 1, 2007, on a hot Atlanta summer week, we were making history at the first-ever US Social Forum (USSF)! We brought together more than 12,000 people from 64 countries and diverse sectors from all over the U.S. and various Indigenous Nations to declare that “Another World is Possible” and that “Another US is Necessary!”

People We Love :: Bill Moyer

by Stephen Silha

posted Jul 30, 2008

Bill Moyer founded the Backbone Campaign to call on political leaders to take a stand.

Signs of Life :: Foreign Policy

posted Jul 30, 2008

Activists and political leaders across the country are saying “no” to U.S. military action against Iran and demanding that the U.S. government pursue real diplomacy.