Inspired by Occupy’s initial success in uniting progressive forces under its banner, The North Star was launched one year ago with the aim of creating a community of participants cutting across the ideological and organizational fault lines that have traditionally divided—and neutralized—the left.
We aim to lead by example, to act as the left we aim to create, where vigorous and principled debates are firmly situated within the framework of common ends and goals—putting us all on the same side of the barricades.
