Trump Archives - Beyond the Choir

Where to from here? Reflecting after November 8

How did this happen? And what will it take to win now? A reflection from Jonathan Smucker, director of Beyond the Choir.

Women veterans are speaking out against the GOP presidential nominee’s bigotry, misogyny, and reckless temperament. Help spread their video.

Under the banner of #AllofUs, Millennials are pushing a racial and economic justice agenda for the homestretch of the 2016 election, and then beyond.

In the wake of hate speech like we haven’t seen in the mainstream of political discourse in decades, #VetsVsHate are pushing back.

January 15, 2019

New Handout: Framing the Conflict

This downloadable handout is a short primer about how to frame a bottom vs. top polarization, instead of a left vs. right polarization.
October 18, 2018

Lancaster Stands Up profiled in The Nation

Since the 2016 election, Beyond the Choir has been supporting the new grassroots effort Lancaster Stands Up, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Jimmy Tobias first came to Lancaster in spring of 2017 to cover this effort for The Nation. Now he’s returned …
- Lancaster Stands Up
- organizing
November 16, 2016

Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals

“As the world faces the horrors of a Trump presidency, many good people are asking, ‘What can I do?’ Jonathan Smucker’s book provides an urgent field manual for answering that question.” —Jeremy Scahill