Tag: history
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Resistance 2.0 Pushes Back
This weekend, I published a piece in The Guardian that discusses how activists participating in the Resistance to the second Trump Administration are getting more confrontational. In it, I discuss data collected from participants in the Free America Walkout on January 20th that shows how Resisters (yes, most participants in the walkout continued the trend…
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Remaining Awake through this Social Revolution
Lessons from MLK that can help guide us in these precarious times: In honor of Dr. King, I want to talk today about one of his lesser known speeches: a commencement address he delivered at Oberlin College in June 1965 (so over 60 years ago). The title of the address is “Remaining Awake Through a…
Dana R Fisher 