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08/04/2026

NEW: We interviewed author Bill Hartung on his long history researching the military-industrial complex and the critical connections between research and organizing against militarism.

Part of our ongoing series on the history of movement power research.

An interview with the longtime researcher and author on his history doing movement research around militarism and the critical connections between research and organizing.

29/01/2026

NEW: “If we really want to change things… this means confronting the power structure that controls and benefits most from the current system.”

Check out our deep-dive interview with Mike Locker, a key figure in the rise of movement power research since the 1960s.

A deep-dive interview with the longtime power structure researcher Mike Locker.

02/10/2025

NEW: Corporate interests tied to crypto, fossil fuels and private prisons are pushing for banking deregulation under the guise of taking on "discriminatory debanking."

They've showered big money on politicians advancing anti-"debanking" legislation.

Corporate-backed politicians are working to advance legislation against so-called "de-banking"

03/09/2025

NEW: Billionaire oligarchs and corporations are profiting from and enabling ICE's deportation machine.

From Peter Thiel’s Palantir to Jeff Bezos’s Amazon, from GEO Group to Avelo Airlines, from Bank of America to AT&T.

Read the primer here:

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

24/07/2025

NEW: Private equity 💰 Fossil fuels ⛽️ Weapons companies ✈️ And more.

Ultimately, all billionaires were winners in the "Big Beautiful" budget bill. But read about five of the billionaire blocs - and some notable billionaires within them - who were the biggest winners of all.

Private equity and fossil fuel billionaires, and other billionaire blocs, benefit big from the new budget mega-bill.

19/06/2025

We had a great time presenting at the Labor Research & Action Network (LRAN) conference last week on the topic of "Building a Rank-and-File Research Team to Prepare for and Win Your Strike"!

15/05/2025

They denounced him. They condemned him. They said he was a threat to democracy.

Now they're donating and kowtowing to him.

Our new post on the billionaires - from Bezos to Zuckerberg to Altman - who are lining up to please Donald Trump now that he's in power.

Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and other billionaires once denounced Trump - but now they're donating and kowtowing to him.

19/03/2025

NEW: Billionaire power was on full display at CERAWeek, the annual "Super Bowl of energy" gathering that performs key functions for fossil fuel industry power.

But climate activists challenged the conference and its reckless promotion of fossil fuels.

Climate activists flocked to Houston to challenge the energy conference and its reckless promotion of fossil fuels.

05/02/2025

NEW: Several blocs of ideological billionaires instrumentalized the 2024 election to advance their wider political agenda and worldview. Our new post maps some of them out -- from Christian Nationalists to Rightwing Tech Barons and more.

These billionaires are using their vast wealth and power to advance their ideological aims.

23/01/2025

NEW: Power research has a long history of supporting movements and campaigns, from civil rights organizing to antimilitarism, from student protest to labor.

We teamed up with Popular Democracy to look at this history and why it's useful today. Read the post on The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice.

Maggie Corser and writer Derek Seidman delve into the power of movement research and its ongoing impact on campaign strategy throughout movement history We’re living through an intensification of crises around inequality, democracy, climate, and militarism. There is a lot at stake when it comes to...

12/12/2024

NEW: Wall Street, crypto and fossil fuel billionaires – and of course Elon Musk – are set to benefit from a new Trump administration.

This is the first post in a new LittleSis series mapping out billionaire power in U.S. politics today.

Wall Street, crypto and fossil fuel billionaires - and of course Elon Musk - are set to benefit from a new Trump administration.

05/12/2024

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