As the long election season wears on,the Earth’s physical seasons are going through a change. At least that’s true in the corner of the Earth where our offices are located. And none too soon. It’s been a long, cold winter in northern North America (the first we’ve had in some time). The elections still seem kind of cold. […]

Our free monthly calendar download is ready. The image on this month’s is a new one by Ricardo, designed for the conference of the United Association for Labor education. It illustrates the underlying issues of “free trade” exploitation and worker/human rights. […]

One of the ways we stay in touch with activism around the country is by attending union conventions and activist conferences and festivals. We have just added a feature to our web site that lists upcoming events we will be attending (with a selected spread of our products). That way anyone in the neighborhood can stop in […]

Things have been moving and shaking (literally) at Northland. We’ve been reorganizing the building we’ve been housed in for most of the last twenty years. Offices, inventory, shelving and printing equipment have all been on the move. In the process a wall was constructed, a door cut, new phones installed and electrical circuits added. […]

April 2008
We’re pleased to announce that The Coffee calendar, by Northland artist Ricardo Levins Morales, one a Gold Award from the National Calendar awards. It was also a finalist for their top Calendar of the Year Award! The calendar features Ricardo’s art and is full of historical entries on the history, […]

March 2008
Northland led a workshop to help a coalition of immigrant high school students plan a rally at out state capitol in early March. The goal was to build pressure for passage of the Dream Act, which would make it possible for immigrant young people to go to college. The kids came up with a […]

I am convinced that movements go through particular stages and phases of development, whether we are aware of those stages or not.
Take, for example, the current movement for immigrant rights. Last March it burst into the consciousness of English speakers with enormous rallies, marches, and (in May) a one-day general strike. It seemed to errupt […]

Of all the slogans Northland has ever popularized, the one which has gone the farthest is “Unions: The Folks Who Brought You the Weekend”. As far as we know, it originated with a local labor council on the West Coast, but we borrowed it and put it (and its sister, “The Labor Movement: The […]

The US peace movement has been pretty much stymied about what to propose about the situation in Iraq. It’s hard to avoid a sense of responsibility about the violent chaos we hear about each day. Even when we opposed going in to Iraq in the first place, there’s a sense in which […]

Gandhi’s cheerful description of the progress of campaigns and movements appears on several products we sell — mugs, t-shirts, posters, and note cards. If only it were that simple in real life! I would guess the Mahatma said this with a twinkle in his eye.
Anyone who’s done any grassroots organizing knows that campaigns are not […]