Agit-Pop Communications is a one-stop creative shop for the progressive movement. We produce smart real world actions and cutting edge new media (and now, books, it seems!) for social change campaigns. We use engaging messages with state-of-the-art tools to inspire people to take action. Our work has won a Webby,   …Continue Reading

Beyond the Choir is an online space for grassroots change agents — folks who are engaged in grassroots organizing, activism, advocacy, etc. — to share practical strategies, tactics and tools. It’s also a place to dig into deeper social change theory — and to make it practical. There are lots   …Continue Reading

The Center for Story-based Strategy (formerly smartMeme) is a national strategy center that offers social justice networks and organizations the analysis, training and strategic support to win the battle of ideas with narrative strategies. SmartMeme re-imagines methods to achieve fundamental social change with effective story-based approaches to framing that amplify the   …Continue Reading

CODEPINK is a woman-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. http://www.codepink.org

Nonviolence International researches and promotes nonviolent action and seeks to reduce the use of violence worldwide. They believe that every cultural and religious tradition can discover and employ culturally appropriate nonviolent methods for positive social change and international peace that can break the cycle of violence in favor of constructive   …Continue Reading

The Alliance of Community Trainers offers knowledge, tools and skills to individuals, organizations and communities to empower sustainable transformation. Whether it be community or organizational development, problem solving or conflict resolution, consensus decision-making, facilitation, strategic campaigns, media and public speaking, alternative technology, nonviolent action or environmental sustainability, we support people   …Continue Reading

The Center for Artistic Activism is the home for artists, activists and scholars to explore, discuss, reflect upon, and strengthen connections between social activism and artistic practice. We facilitate projects and strengthen networks. Our goal is to make more creative and more effective citizen activists. artisticactivism.org

The Other 98% was founded on the premise that our economy and democracy should work for everyday Americans, not the elite 2% of bankers, CEOs and lobbyists who’ve hijacked our democracy and rigged the system to serve themselves. It’s the middle class that’s too big to fail, and we’re using   …Continue Reading

The Ruckus Society has trained and assisted thousands of activists in the use of nonviolent direct action. We see ourselves as a toolbox of experience, training and skills. We provide instruction on the application of tactical and strategic tools to a growing number of organizations and individuals from around the   …Continue Reading

The Yes Men, called “the Jonathan Swift of the Jackass Generation” by author Naomi Klein, are best known for infiltrating the world of big business and doing incredibly stupid things to expose the world’s biggest corporate criminals. Although fronted by Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, their membership includes hundreds or   …Continue Reading

Waging Nonviolence is a source for news, analysis and original reporting about nonviolent activism, as well as for discussion of the theory behind it. These stories often go overlooked by the mainstream media, yet people are using nonviolent strategies and tactics all around us in response to the most pressing   …Continue Reading