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How to Sharpen a Nonviolent Movement
In the past three decades nonviolent social protest has become the most reliable path to democracy. However, not all nonviolent mobilization campaigns succeed. To examine why some nonviolent campaigns are more successful than others, we analyze…

“Taking sides is not my job”: “Retrograde” filmmaker Matthew Heineman on documenting a war's end
Salon talks to Matthew Heineman about his new film about the final days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

Matthew Heineman’s documentary “Retrograde”: A chilling, intimate view of the Afghanistan War's end
This unique new film focuses on the failures, human costs and consequences of the abrupt end to the longest US war

Michael Moore predicts Democrats will win big in the midterms. Could he be right again?
Maverick filmmaker who called 2016 for Trump sees a “tsunami” of angry Democrats hitting polls in “Roevember”