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Practical Radicals Podcast Episode 13: Finale: What did we learn? Where do we go from here?

In this, our final episode of the Practical Radicals Podcast, we hear from over a dozen progressive leaders, including several former students, and…

Jul 23

Practical Radicals Podcast Ep. 12: Learning from Opponents with Munira Lokhandwala of LittleSis.org

Most famous guides to strategy are written for overdogs.

Jul 2

June 2024

Practical Radicals Episode 11: The Movement to Abolish Slavery with Manisha Sinha

Episode 11: Abolitionism & the Seven Strategies with Manisha Sinha (June 18)

Jun 18

Practical Radicals Podcast Ep. 10: Collective Care in the AIDS Crisis with Tim Sweeney

What do you do when the worst has happened, and it feels like the world is ending?

Jun 4

Practical Radicals Ep. 10: Collective Care with Tim Sweeney

What do you do when the worst has happened, and it feels like the world is ending?

Jun 4

May 2024

Practical Radcials Ep. 9: Momentum with Mae Boeve of 350.org

Sometimes social movements can spread like wildfire.

May 21

Episode 8: Inside-Outside Strategies with Felicia Wong

In the right circumstances, progressive groups can work with progressive insiders in government to win big policy changes.

May 7

April 2024

New Report & Podcast: The Cultural Contradictions of Neoliberalism + the Path to Governing Power with Maurice Mitchell

We have two big announcements today:

Apr 23

Practical Radicals Ep. 6: Narrative Shift with Cristina Jimenez Moreta and Alan Jenkins

In the past two decades, progressives have gotten far more savvy at the strategy we call “narrative shift,” learning how to challenge the dominant story…

Apr 9

March 2024

Practical Radicals Ep. 5: Disruptive Movements with Frances Fox Piven + a tribute to Girija Bhargava (1937-2024)

Hi everyone,

Mar 26

Practical Radicals Ep. 4: Base-Building in Community Organizing with Make the Road NY’s José Lopez and Ángeles Solis

In the Spring of 2021, dozens of immigrant New Yorkers, mostly women, launched a hunger strike that lasted 23 days and was the climax of a campaign to…

Mar 12

February 2024

Workers Rise Up in Minnesota! Practical Radicals Podcast ep. 3 about Base-Building & the Labor Movement

REMINDER: If you’re interested in keeping up with what Deepak is working on with The JPB Foundation, you can sign up to receive occasional email updates…

Feb 27