People have participated in collective work stoppages to raise the pressure on employers for more than 150 years.
The reverend and civil rights leader was a major proponent of using nonviolent protest to fight for equality.
Nationwide protests take place Friday as part of a "National Shutdown" in response to immigration actions in Minnesota.
Smartphone video, ICE-tracking apps and 3D-printed whistles have been emblematic of the protests in Minneapolis. Social movements have long latched onto and been catalyzed by new technologies.
Protesting is your right, but it can be risky—especially in today's climate. Before you join the crowd, we'll show you how to make your phone as secure as possible in just a few minutes.
Everyday people and businesses are joining forces for the General Strike, a day of civic uprising aimed at getting ICE out of local communities.
History's greatest transformations have resulted from the actions of humble, passionate people who led by example, not by exerting force or power. Here's why that matters today.
And yet Minneapolis also offers a compelling answer to the question that democracy-loving Americans have asked for the past ...
The demand for mass coordinated action has emerged not from trade union officials or politicians but from below.