For the silent leaders behind every victory “who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again” … - Andrew Boyd

Rather than dictating strict courses of action, we instead offer a matrix of flexible, interlinked concepts that practitioners can pick and choose among, applying them in unique ways that may vary with each situation they may face.

Big-picture concepts and ideas that help us understand how the world works and how we might go about changing it.

While associated with confrontation, direct action at its core is about power. Smart direct action assesses power dynamics and finds a way to shift them.