Democracy - Deceleration

Building Radical Democracy Into Climate Struggles w/ Ashish Kothari

Reflecting on the disappointments of COP30 climate conference should draw us toward deeper consideration of grassroots alternatives that are already embodying just and sustainable ways of living.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 8 Dec 2025

Building Radical Democracy Into Climate Struggles w/ Ashish Kothari

Eroding U.S. Civil Liberties Under Trump Compared to Time of Philippines Dictator Marcos Sr.’s Rise

What can folks in the U.S. learn from the survivors of martial law under a Philippines dictator that caused thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of illegal detentions? Plenty.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Nov 2025

Eroding U.S. Civil Liberties Under Trump Compared to Time of Philippines Dictator Marcos Sr.’s Rise

Texas Professor Speaks Out After Being Fired for ‘Crime’ of Speaking at Socialism Summit

Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again.

By Ashley Smith

/ 6 Nov 2025

Texas Professor Speaks Out After Being Fired for ‘Crime’ of Speaking at Socialism Summit

VIDEO: Victims and Survivors of Martial Law Under Autocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Remembered in a Moment of U.S. Authoritarian Peril

As tensions rise over deployment of the military in U.S. cities, increasingly violent ICE arrests by unaccountable masked agents, and persecution of Trump’s political rivals, a photo exhibit and panel discussion reflects on the human impact of a dictator’s rise—and ultimate fall—in the Philippines.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 30 Oct 2025

VIDEO: Victims and Survivors of Martial Law Under Autocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Remembered in a Moment of U.S. Authoritarian Peril

Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years

Historian Daniel Wortel-London explains why, looking at the case of New York City—with lessons for San Antonio as we consider public funding streams for Project Marvel.

By Daniel Wortel-London

/ 28 Oct 2025

Subsidizing the Wealthy to Secure Well-Being for the Rest is a Strategy that Has Failed for Over 150 Years

‘No Kings’: San Antonio Turns Out for Nation’s Largest Ever Day of Protest

Speakers in Travis Park in San Antonio challenged soldiers to disobey ‘unlawful orders,’ workers to organize to break the power of billionaires, and everyday folks to work together to halt Trump’s authoritarian drive.

By Greg Harman

/ 21 Oct 2025

‘No Kings’: San Antonio Turns Out for Nation’s Largest Ever Day of Protest

‘No Kings’ Protests to Sweep U.S. Saturday As Trump Admin Ramps Up Attacks on Civil Society

In reviving notions of “pre-crime,” the Trump administration has found a convenient way to treat all protest as “terrorism.”

By Deceleration Staff

/ 16 Oct 2025

‘No Kings’ Protests to Sweep U.S. Saturday As Trump Admin Ramps Up Attacks on Civil Society

We Must Reject Trump Admin Plot to Dismantle U.S. Progressive Movement

White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller promised to dismantle leftist networks across the U.S. “in Charlie’s name,” as the Trump Administration’s broader commitment to consolidating power by demolishing civil rights, free speech, and free press became more explicit.

By Negin Owliaei

/ 19 Sep 2025

We Must Reject Trump Admin Plot to Dismantle U.S. Progressive Movement

As Authoritarianism Surges Worldwide, Global South Communities Lead Way to Truly Democratic Alternatives

Indigenous communities, grassroots organizations, and social movements convened this past February 2025 in Port Edward, South Africa to collectively articulate their vision and practice of radical democracy, “with the actors being not only humans but all of nature.”

By Ashish Kothari

/ 5 Sep 2025

As Authoritarianism Surges Worldwide, Global South Communities Lead Way to Truly Democratic Alternatives

What Our Pro-Democracy Movement Should Be Learning from Nature

We need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders, writes conflict transformation expert John Paul Lederach.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 14 Jul 2025

What Our Pro-Democracy Movement Should Be Learning from Nature

Is This Our American Spring? How Nonviolent Protest is Accelerating Across the United States

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests this year have dwarfed those in 2017, and they have been extraordinarily peaceful.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 13 Jun 2025

Is This Our American Spring? How Nonviolent Protest is Accelerating Across the United States

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?

How to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

By Mark Engler

/ 25 Apr 2025

Is This a ‘Movement Moment’ Rising to Swamp Trump?