George Lakey

George Lakey has been active in direct action campaigns for six decades. Recently retired from Swarthmore College, he has facilitated 1,500 workshops on five continents and led activist projects on local, national and international levels -- most recently with Earth Quaker Action Team. Among many other books and articles, he is author of “Strategizing for a Living Revolution” in David Solnit’s book Globalize Liberation (City Lights, 2004). His 2016 book is "Viking Economics," and in December 2018 Melville House will release "How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning."

Food Security

The US Public Now Wants Medicare for All and the Nordic Model– But a Social Movement is Needed

George Lakey

( Waging Nonviolence) – Surprisingly, for a mainstream daily newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer ended its March 22 editorial on the coronavirus by calling for system change, writing, “This crisis has laid bare some hard truths: that we’ve built a society that has removed protections for workers, supported the creation and growth of the gig economy, […]

Democratic Socialism

Social Democracy has made Nordic Countries Happy and Prosperous: Americans should Learn from Them

George Lakey

( Yes! Magazine ) – The U.S. opioid crisis has been unfolding for years and shows no signs of stopping. As we reach for solutions, we can do more than regulate the pharmaceutical companies. Fresh research provides the clue: we can tackle a root cause of opioid deaths while creating a greener and more just […]

Democratic Socialism

The World’s Happiest People Already have a Green New Deal, and they Love It

George Lakey

All the Nordics have found that their focus on climate coinciding with growth in the common good

Immigration

Defeating Fascism: What a Danish Woman Imam and Swiss Progressives can teach us

George Lakey

She used her networking skills to track down some of the extremist leaders of the anti-immigrant movement, then she went to see them.