Grassroots Power

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

Photo Essay: The First USSF in Atlanta, Ga.

posted Aug 14, 2007

Seeing Another World: U.S. Social Forum 2008

posted Aug 14, 2007

Instead of drawing crowds with superstar speakers and performers, the participants of the 2008 U.S. Social Forum were the stars. Those who are accustomed to being excluded were at the center, and those who were used to being silenced were heard.

Not Your Grandfather's SDS

by Joshua Kahn Russell

posted Jul 29, 2007

Students for a Democratic Society is reborn, working with veteran activists to build movements for today.

USSF: We Saw Another World in Atlanta

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jul 29, 2007

Poor people, young people, people of color, gays and lesbians, and all manner of people who believe “another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary” joined together by the thousands in Atlanta for the first U.S. Social Forum.

Common Knowledge

by Jeff Kaplan

posted Jul 29, 2007

Whether the issue is water rights, big-box stores, meddling in local politics, or the taking of citizen's lands, almost every community in the United States - if not the world - is being harmed by excessive corporate power. Strategies of resistance need to invoke the people's right to exercise democratic power over corporations and governments.

Communities Take Power

by Doug Pibel

posted Jul 29, 2007

Communities across the country are declaring citizens' right and duty to protect their water, land, local economy, and way of life, even if it means taking on the enormous power of corporations. Here are some of the peaceful revolutionaries who have stepped up.

Malik Rahim Speaks to the Freedom Caravaners

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jun 27, 2007

Malik Rahim speaks about the Common Ground vision for its neighborhood that goes beyond restoring it to its previous state.

Interview with Victoria Rodriguez

by Sarah van Gelder

posted Jun 27, 2007

Interview with Victoria Rodriguez from Southwest Organizing Project, while on the Freedom Caravan to the USSF, June 2007.

Interview with Susan Gleason

by Diane Horn

posted Jun 27, 2007

Susan Gleason talks about the US Social Forum in this 30-minute interview with Diane Horn, producer and host of the Sustainability Segment of KEXP.

Forging Connections at the U.S. Social Forum

by Justine Simon, Andy Davey

posted Jun 27, 2007

Over ten thousand social activists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia from June 27 to July 1, 2007 for five days of spirited dialogue and collaboration.

Future Hope

by Ted Glick

posted Jun 27, 2007

Ted Glick's Call to Action: A popular, grassroots movement is necessary to pressure governments into a justice-based, clean energy revolution. The U.S Social Forum in Atlanta provides a perfect platform for such a movement.

The Change Makers

posted Jun 14, 2007

Inspiring stories in their own words from community members who are co-operating to effect social change in the Americas.

Baptists and Popular Education in Cuba: an interview with Joel Suárez

by Sarah van Gelder, Justine Simon

posted Jun 12, 2007

An interview with Joel Suárez, the general coordinator of the Martin Luther King Center in Havana, Cuba. He discusses the three founding pillars of the movement, as well as the lead up to the 1992 changes in Cuba's constitution that ratified the state's secular nature.

Horizontalidad: Where Everyone Leads

by Marina Sitrin

posted May 11, 2007

Horizontalidad: bringing direct democracy to Argentina's citizens while reducing unemployment and stimulating worker involvement.

Affect Change: Go to the US Social Forum

posted May 08, 2007

People explain why they are going to the US Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007.