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The Forge is an online journal & community for progressive organizers in the US & beyond. By and for community, labor, electoral, digital & movement organizers.
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TOOLS DOWN. READ UP. "Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow" is LIVE.
Real strategy, real stories, for the fight to change what’s possible. Dive in, retool, and share widely.
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Real strategy, real stories, for the fight to change what’s possible. Dive in, retool, and share widely.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/issues/narra...
🧵(1/3) Movements win when we change what people believe is possible.
Today, together with Rad Comms, we released “Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow”, a strategic toolkit built with organizers, not just for them.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/article/invi...
Today, together with Rad Comms, we released “Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow”, a strategic toolkit built with organizers, not just for them.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/article/invi...
December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🧵(1/3) Movements win when we change what people believe is possible.
Today, together with Rad Comms, we released “Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow”, a strategic toolkit built with organizers, not just for them.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/article/invi...
Today, together with Rad Comms, we released “Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow”, a strategic toolkit built with organizers, not just for them.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/article/invi...
TOOLS DOWN. READ UP. "Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow" is LIVE.
Real strategy, real stories, for the fight to change what’s possible. Dive in, retool, and share widely.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/issues/narra...
Real strategy, real stories, for the fight to change what’s possible. Dive in, retool, and share widely.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/issues/narra...
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
TOOLS DOWN. READ UP. "Narrative Power Today for a Radical Tomorrow" is LIVE.
Real strategy, real stories, for the fight to change what’s possible. Dive in, retool, and share widely.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/issues/narra...
Real strategy, real stories, for the fight to change what’s possible. Dive in, retool, and share widely.
READ NOW: forgeorganizing.org/issues/narra...
Amaya Lin was the Senior Policy Advisor for former Oakland Council President and District 2 Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas. She worked with @bayrisingaction to capture organizing lessons with groups working with Bas’ office.
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READ NOW:
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November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Amaya Lin was the Senior Policy Advisor for former Oakland Council President and District 2 Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas. She worked with @bayrisingaction to capture organizing lessons with groups working with Bas’ office.
READ NOW:
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READ NOW:
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Democrats are preparing to sacrifice our ability to organize online for a hollow political victory, and this impending collapse of digital speech protections will cripple social movements at the very moment they are proving most effective.
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READ NOW:
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November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Democrats are preparing to sacrifice our ability to organize online for a hollow political victory, and this impending collapse of digital speech protections will cripple social movements at the very moment they are proving most effective.
READ NOW:
forgeorganizing.org/article/how-...
READ NOW:
forgeorganizing.org/article/how-...
What does it look like to organize at the intersection of housing and climate justice?
Our new retrospective, Right to a Roof: On Climate, Crises, and Care, explores exactly that, with on-the-ground stories and hard-won strategy.
Available now: forgeorganizing.org/issues/right...
Our new retrospective, Right to a Roof: On Climate, Crises, and Care, explores exactly that, with on-the-ground stories and hard-won strategy.
Available now: forgeorganizing.org/issues/right...
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What does it look like to organize at the intersection of housing and climate justice?
Our new retrospective, Right to a Roof: On Climate, Crises, and Care, explores exactly that, with on-the-ground stories and hard-won strategy.
Available now: forgeorganizing.org/issues/right...
Our new retrospective, Right to a Roof: On Climate, Crises, and Care, explores exactly that, with on-the-ground stories and hard-won strategy.
Available now: forgeorganizing.org/issues/right...
"Organizing, at its core, is about transformation. When that personal transformation happens on a collective level, we unleash the power to transform society. This is as much of a spiritual project as it is a political one."
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October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Organizing, at its core, is about transformation. When that personal transformation happens on a collective level, we unleash the power to transform society. This is as much of a spiritual project as it is a political one."
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READ MORE:
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Let her victory fuel our ongoing duty. Honor her by continuing the fight for the dignity of all oppressed people. She proved our chains can be broken.
October 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Let her victory fuel our ongoing duty. Honor her by continuing the fight for the dignity of all oppressed people. She proved our chains can be broken.
On Thursday, July 24th, just days before the IOF boarded the ship while it was closing in on Gaza, Sonali Kolhatkar reached Chris Smalls on the Handala and spoke with him about what it means to be in solidarity with Gaza.
READ HERE:
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READ HERE:
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September 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On Thursday, July 24th, just days before the IOF boarded the ship while it was closing in on Gaza, Sonali Kolhatkar reached Chris Smalls on the Handala and spoke with him about what it means to be in solidarity with Gaza.
READ HERE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/labo...
READ HERE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/labo...
Today’s working conditions are making people sick and the widespread failure to recognize how profoundly the workplace shapes health has served to preclude needed progress and reforms.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today’s working conditions are making people sick and the widespread failure to recognize how profoundly the workplace shapes health has served to preclude needed progress and reforms.
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READ FULL ARTICLE:
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The money exists to resist authoritarianism and build something better. What’s missing isn’t resources—it’s imagination.
Read Karundi Williams’ new op-ed:
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Read Karundi Williams’ new op-ed:
forgeorganizing.org/article/we-s...
September 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The money exists to resist authoritarianism and build something better. What’s missing isn’t resources—it’s imagination.
Read Karundi Williams’ new op-ed:
forgeorganizing.org/article/we-s...
Read Karundi Williams’ new op-ed:
forgeorganizing.org/article/we-s...
Movements thrive when resources flow to both local organizing and national infrastructure. This isn’t the time for false choices. It’s time to invest in the full architecture of movement power.
READ:
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READ:
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September 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Movements thrive when resources flow to both local organizing and national infrastructure. This isn’t the time for false choices. It’s time to invest in the full architecture of movement power.
READ:
forgeorganizing.org/article/we-s...
READ:
forgeorganizing.org/article/we-s...
Relying solely on outside funding is a long-term threat to an organization. Could community unions be the answer to fight the right?
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August 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Relying solely on outside funding is a long-term threat to an organization. Could community unions be the answer to fight the right?
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/how-...
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/how-...
In the last three years, 60% of the largest unions in the country have chosen new leadership. This presents an amazing opportunity for these new leaders to position labor as the bedrock of resistance to fascism.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In the last three years, 60% of the largest unions in the country have chosen new leadership. This presents an amazing opportunity for these new leaders to position labor as the bedrock of resistance to fascism.
READ MORE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/labo...
READ MORE:
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🧵(1/4) This month, we pay tribute to the incomparable June Jordan. Join us as we revisit her words, reflect on her impact, and celebrate the legacy of a writer who dared to speak truth to power.
July 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🧵(1/4) This month, we pay tribute to the incomparable June Jordan. Join us as we revisit her words, reflect on her impact, and celebrate the legacy of a writer who dared to speak truth to power.
While some South Asians climb the ranks of white supremacist power structures, others are building the most vital anti-fascist playbook of our time.
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READ MORE HERE:
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July 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
While some South Asians climb the ranks of white supremacist power structures, others are building the most vital anti-fascist playbook of our time.
READ MORE HERE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/resi...
READ MORE HERE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/resi...
Ben Carroll, Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly details what it takes to build worker power in Spartanburg County,SC.
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READ FULL ARTICLE:
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July 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ben Carroll, Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly details what it takes to build worker power in Spartanburg County,SC.
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READ FULL ARTICLE:
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The following case study defines “electoralizing” as a strategy that uses an election to help get a direct win on an issue campaign.
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July 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The following case study defines “electoralizing” as a strategy that uses an election to help get a direct win on an issue campaign.
READ FULL ARTICLE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/elec...
READ FULL ARTICLE:
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🧵(1/7) PART 2 IS HERE! 📝📚 celebrating the continuation of our writing workshop with Octavia Butlers writing advice-
July 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🧵(1/7) PART 2 IS HERE! 📝📚 celebrating the continuation of our writing workshop with Octavia Butlers writing advice-
The Craft of Campaigns released part one of a two-part special episode. Unlike standard episodes that zoom in on a single campaign, this special zooms out to explore broader strategy themes.
REFRESH on Season 2 before you dive in:
forgeorganizing.org/issues/craft...
REFRESH on Season 2 before you dive in:
forgeorganizing.org/issues/craft...
July 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Craft of Campaigns released part one of a two-part special episode. Unlike standard episodes that zoom in on a single campaign, this special zooms out to explore broader strategy themes.
REFRESH on Season 2 before you dive in:
forgeorganizing.org/issues/craft...
REFRESH on Season 2 before you dive in:
forgeorganizing.org/issues/craft...
In 2021, Zohran Mamdani, now the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, joined NYC taxi drivers in a hunger strike that pushed the city to reduce their medallion debts, a key early victory in his political career.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In 2021, Zohran Mamdani, now the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, joined NYC taxi drivers in a hunger strike that pushed the city to reduce their medallion debts, a key early victory in his political career.
READ FULL ARTICLE
forgeorganizing.org/article/new-...
READ FULL ARTICLE
forgeorganizing.org/article/new-...
🧵(1/9) Our writing workshop is back and better than ever 📢📝 we kicked off our first session with our summer cohort this week! From the toolbox of our writing instructor, we'll be sharing Octavia Butler's Writing Advice:
June 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🧵(1/9) Our writing workshop is back and better than ever 📢📝 we kicked off our first session with our summer cohort this week! From the toolbox of our writing instructor, we'll be sharing Octavia Butler's Writing Advice:
Bringing this one back this week— The Migrant Justice movement and the Abolitionist movement must be intertwined because the system of oppression they face is one and the same.
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June 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bringing this one back this week— The Migrant Justice movement and the Abolitionist movement must be intertwined because the system of oppression they face is one and the same.
READ FULL ARTICLE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/no-o...
READ FULL ARTICLE:
forgeorganizing.org/article/no-o...
Conceptualizing social movements as part of a trans-generational struggle is crucial to both stamina and success.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Conceptualizing social movements as part of a trans-generational struggle is crucial to both stamina and success.
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forgeorganizing.org/article/taki...
READ FULL ARTICLE:
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Workshop’s Executive Director breaks down five ways to secure people-centered policy wins in their latest.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Workshop’s Executive Director breaks down five ways to secure people-centered policy wins in their latest.
Read Full Article
forgeorganizing.org/article/time...
Read Full Article
forgeorganizing.org/article/time...
Learn how Georgian citizens have fought against their own Trump-like figure to get a glimpse of what may be ahead for the United States.
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READ NOW
forgeorganizing.org/article/148-...
June 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Learn how Georgian citizens have fought against their own Trump-like figure to get a glimpse of what may be ahead for the United States.
READ NOW
forgeorganizing.org/article/148-...
READ NOW
forgeorganizing.org/article/148-...