Sunrise Movement - Dissent Magazine

Can You Plan a Realignment?

Mark Engler and Paul Engler ▪ April 2, 2021

Many of today’s organizers look to the long history of party realignment for strategic orientation. Could they drive a reordering of American politics?

To Win a Green New Deal, Pass the PRO Act

Sydney Ghazarian and Ashik Siddique ▪ March 11, 2021

The PRO Act would establish a baseline for ensuring that working people can fight for and win transformative climate policies that benefit everyone.

The “Make Me Do It” Myth

Mark Engler and Paul Engler ▪ February 26, 2021

Politicians fear the disruptive power of a mobilized base, even when it helps them succeed.

Will Joe Biden Be the First Climate President?

Alyssa Battistoni ▪ November 16, 2020

Biden can and should use executive action to reduce emissions. But we also need policies that can help build a popular base for climate action, connected to material improvements in people’s lives.

Can Extinction Rebellion Survive?

Colin Kinniburgh ▪ Winter 2020

XR promised to transcend politics as we know it. Yet politics has a stubborn way of catching up with those who disavow it.

Care and Repair: Left Politics in the Age of Climate Change

Naomi Klein ▪ Winter 2020

The Green New Deal will need to be subject to constant vigilance and pressure—from experts who understand exactly what it will take, and from social movements that have decades of experience bearing the brunt of false climate solutions.