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The trans athlete debate has made its way onto several state ballots this year Journalist and producer, Ann Marie Awad confirms, in their reporting experience, this bad faith debate appears to be nothing more than a solution in search of a problem. convergencemag.com/podcast/hate...

"If we do not stop the consolidation of power now, it will shape the political landscape in this country for at least the next 50 years. We can’t for a moment close our eyes to the urgency.” @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/gat...

🌈 What if social media apps turned OFF infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithmic recommendations by default?🌈 Our guest for this months #AttentionEconomyNavigator on #BlockAndBuild is, Director at Fight for the Future, Evan Greer. convergencemag.com/podcast/atte...

📣 Our monthly #AttentionEconomyNavigator for October 2026 is here!📣 The AEN is a quick guide to what you should be paying attention to, and what you could probably stand to pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you'd think! convergencemag.com/podcast/atte...

“The central task of the moment is to unite and galvanize the anti-MAGA majority so that it defeats the MAGA bloc and moves the country to terrain more favorable for working-class advance.” @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/whe...

Labor unions, as individual organizations and in coalitions like May Day Strong, are mobilizing to defend democracy this fall. Stephanie Luce covers some of the best organizing happening in the country in this Convergence Editorial. Link in bio!

James Tracy has long been a model to me of what a movement intellectual can do in the world. It was awesome to talk to him about my new book *White Flank.* The interview is now live @convergencemag.com. @surj.org @kutalik.bsky.social convergencemag.com/articles/gui...

Thanks, Bright! I have been lucky to work with some great unions doing exciting work to meet the moment. Check out my article in @convergencemag.com

Chandra Russo’s newest book, “White Flank,” is built on years of rigorous field research with organizers across the US finding their roles as white people in the struggle for racial justice. James Tracy interviews Chandra about the book and the use of guilt in organizing. Link in bio!

HOPE-PV Training: Election Edition has been RESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 6:30PM ET. Join @22ci.bsky.social ’s Taylor Mason and PRA’s @holyshift.bsky.social to learn the foundations of preventing and responding to political violence this election season. Register now: bit.ly/hopepv2.

Look Loud is offering a free suite of election defense visuals for activists and organizers to communicate the stakes this fall — and to show people that they have the power to do what is needed. Check out this interview with its founders! Link in bio.

Read up on the state of election defense around the country with hours of interviews conducted by our very own Sandra Hinson & Marcy Rein. Link in bio.

What does it really mean if America "wins" AI? We discuss this week on #BlockAndBuild convergencemag.com/podcast/why-...

In 2022, President Biden signed the CHIPS Act into law; an over $50 Billion reinvestment into domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Chips Communities United seeks to ensure that investment benefits workers and keeps communities safe. We discuss this week on Block & Build.

Movement leaders often err either on the side of passivity, for fear of replicating painful dynamics, or power-hoarding, for fear of sharing authority. Instead of swinging from one to the other side of the pendulum, we can cultivate balance–together. Link in bio and at Convergence Mag.

Are electoral politics a dead end for socialists? Is it possible for an elected socialist to balance the needs of governance with the aims of the broader social movements that put them in power? This Convergence editorial by Max Elbaum explores these questions and more. Link in bio.

Thanks for the opportunity @catachresis.bsky.social ! I have loved and read @convergencemag.com for a minute now🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

There are many forms of base-building power with which we're already quite familiar: as voter, worker, tenant, student, debtor. But JoEllen Chernow asks: what do potential and actual forms of building power based on the identity of ✨survivor✨ look like? convergencemag.com/articles/wha...

Survivors have the potential to be a political bloc that transforms the conditions that enable the scale of sexual violence in the United States. Read more about survivor power at the link in bio and at Convergence.

Anti-data center sentiment, from Kentucky to Michigan, is proving to be an effective way to overcome racial divisions and carve out new winning coalitions. Learn more about the work at our link in bio and at Convergence Magazine.

Trying to take stock of 25 years post 9/11 has been hard but I really appreciated joining this conversation with Darakshan and Cayden on the Block & Build podcast, especially having an abolitionist lens to understanding the global and domestic war on terror and what that means for our work today.

“The closures of rural hospitals, reduced access to food stamps, and giveaways to tech billionaires will create fresh opportunities to scale mutual aid and neighborly resistance into sustained parallel institutions.” @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/how...

Tracing the links from the early days of America's 25 year "War on Terror" to the authoritarian violence and detention wielded by today's administration. Full episode available now. Listen and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this @convergencemag.com piece, @chandrarusso.bsky.social and Shawna McCown argue that data center resistance could build a lasting multiracial movement, but only if organizers name the political uses of racism that keep working people divided. 🔗 Read: convergencemag.com/articles/is-...

My newest piece with proud Appalachian organizer Shawna McCown in @convergencemag.com We argue that while data center resistance is winning many of its immediate fights, it can accomplish something bigger: building a multiracial movement of the many. @surj.org j.org @stanfordpress.bsky.social

No Future Without Us is a research-to-action compass that asks what it would take for us to keep immigration organizers in the social movements they help build instead of burning them out. @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/how...

Puya Gerami's assessment of how to understand the current united front against US federal fascism is one that I would love to see become the shared analysis of millions—starting with tens of thousands of fellow active members of organizations composing the governing-power Left.

Convergence’s Block and Build strategy contains within it a call for a united front. Instead of seeing these fronts as a one dimension left to right spectrum, this article argues that they are actually sets of concentric circles with the Left at the core. convergencemag.com/articles/thr...

📣 Our monthly #AttentionEconomyNavigator for the month that was August 2026 is here!📣 It's our quick guide to what you should be paying attention to, and what you could probably stand to pay less attention to. And why those stories might not be what you'd think! convergencemag.com/podcast/the-...

Carl Davidson has updated his outstanding "6-party system" assessment of the US' electoral terrain. In my opinion, CD's functional analysis of what are the US' real political parties continues to be the best. (Thanks to @convergencemag.com for publishing it.) convergencemag.com/articles/map...

What a treat to have @catachresis.bsky.social on the pod - publisher of @convergencemag.com , to talk about visions for a better internet, organizing beyond issues, and the recent Convergence Article about building a pro-Trans majority. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

As @ashdashlee.bsky.social has recently shown (in a piece now also published in the great @convergencemag.com), the Battleground Map is a too short-term + myopic a lens through which to prioritize electoral base-building. The Left's plans must include MAKING turf flippable. bsky.app/profile/conv...

@ashdashlee.bsky.social's latest in Convergence highlights the way that the old calculus of "battleground" vs. "safe" states needs to be upended in a post-Callais world.

For Watani Stiner, accountability for tragedy isn’t about who pulled the trigger, but how he contributed to a culture that made it possible. convergencemag.com/articles/lea...

“Once communication [among net-aligned organizations] broke down, and once we began dehumanizing other organizations or seeing them as less legitimate, the movement became vulnerable." Within this piece is told much movement-ecosystem wisdom, as shared by Watani Stiner and interpreted by Kazu Haga.

"When an organizer burns out, you’re not going to see that in a grant report. Nobody writes that so-and-so left because the grief of this work became too heavy to carry every day. But that’s the real story a lot of the time." convergencemag.com/articles/how...

How to Remake Democracy w/ Elizabeth Adams and Danielle Chynoweth The authors of REMAKING DEMOCRACY appeared on @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast. Listen to learn about their inspiration for the book and what readers can expect. ↴

@whitwash.bsky.social: Labor councils are important but often overlooked institutions for building working-class power. convergencemag.com/articles/a-u...

Solidaire member, Beezer de Martelly at Common Counsel Foundation published an article at @convergencemag.com that shows what philanthropy and grassroots movements can achieve when we work together! convergencemag.com/articles/a-b...

By directly meeting the needs of the people, parallel institutions—from those built by the Black Panther Party to those created by ex-CDC employees—expose government inadequacies and provide a vision for the future. Learn more about parallel institutions at the link in the bio and our site.

“Not having good strategy sends resources, attention, and activity in different—even contradictory—directions. It’s a waste of what precious few tools we have; it usually means we lose.” @convergencemag.com convergencemag.com/articles/yot...

A universal sentiment has unified an otherwise fractured American electorate: the belief that our systems—politics, government, and the economy—are rigged, ineffective, and failing. Read more about RadComms and Rising Majority's new research: convergencemag.com/articles/eve...

Beezer de Martelly: Many grantmakers have pulled away from funding organizations committed to Palestinian liberation or resisting fascism. A recent campaign targeting the largest donor-advised fund shows it’s possible to hold these financial behemoths accountable. convergencemag.com/articles/a-b...

Shanelle Maatthews breaks. it down via @convergencemag.com www.youtube.com/shorts/CQN9i...

Vishal Reddy: Being pro-union, anti-billionaire, and pro-working class isn’t a sufficient economic vision for the scale of crisis we’re in. To win, the Left needs to prioritize promises and outcomes working people can feel. convergencemag.com/articles/bei...