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Home OUR LATEST and Featured titles On Activism Friendships and Fighting Oral Histories Strategies and Conflicts Benjamin Heim Shepard Conflict and resolution are the lifeblood of social movements. How and with whom do we find lasting friendship support and joy in a world in need of so much repair. In On Activism Friendships and Fighting veteran organizer and social worker Benjamin Heim Shepard traces a pressing dynamic of social movements friendship and conflict. The project builds on oral histories with more than thirty movement organizersfrom AIDS queer trade union community Occupy and harm reductionbased movementsreflecting on the lessons meanings and future directions of movements and collective organizing efforts.