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It takes effort to track the impacts of mass mobilizations like #MeToo, Occupy or Black Lives Matter, but understanding social change is impossible

Workers, unions, and grassroots reshape governance; partner with government to fight labor violations.

Janice Fine explains how “co-enforcement”—a bold new model for upholding labor law—is linking the state to social movements.

When states have radically different laws, American life is unsettled.

Gramsci encourages movements to pursue wide-ranging interventions, but always to unite them as part of a common program to transform society.

All the city news you can use.

Congestion pricing to advance in NYC. A deeper look into the cultural and class-based forces behind McMansions. Now as incumbents, Barcelona’s housing-organizers-turned-politicians are strategizing how to continue their progressive reforms.

Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent. He is the co-author, along with Paul Engler, of the book on the craft of mass mobilization, "This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century" (2015).

Paul Engler is a co-founder of the Momentum Training, which instructs hundreds of activists each year in the principles of effective protest. He is the co-author, along with Mark Engler, of the new book on the craft of mass mobilization, "This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century" (2017). He can be reached via the website www.thisisanuprising.org.

Building on the long legacy of activist entertainers, here are five ways movements for justice and famous supporters can partner to promote change. By