Below are selected publications and interviews, organized by type.
More of my writing is listed in my CV.
Smucker, Jonathan Matthew. 2017. Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals. Chico, CA: AK Press. Link to book website.
Smucker, Jonathan Matthew. 2027 (forthcoming). The Many vs. the Few: A Practical Guide to Populism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. (no link available yet)
Smucker, Jonathan Matthew. 2017. “Foreword to the Second Edition,” Pp. xiii-xviii in Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World, by Patrick Reinsborough and Doyle Canning. Oakland, CA: PM Press. Link to book/publisher.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2012. “Radicals and the 99%: Core and Mass Movement.” Pp. 247-253 in We Are Many: Reflections on Strategy from Occupation to Liberation, edited by K. Khatib, M. Killjoy and M. McGuire. Oakland, CA: AK Press. Link to book/publisher; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2012. “Escalate Strategically.” Pp. 134-135 in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, edited by A. Boyd and D. O. Mitchell. New York, NY: OR Books. Link to book; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2012. “Seek Common Ground.” Pp. 170-171 in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, edited by A. Boyd and D. O. Mitchell. New York, NY: OR Books. Link to book; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan. . 2012. “We Are All Leaders.” Pp. 202-203 in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, edited by A. Boyd and D. O. Mitchell. New York, NY: OR Books. Link to book; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan. . 2012. “Political Identity Paradox.” Pp. 254-255 in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, edited by A. Boyd and D. O. Mitchell. New York, NY: OR Books. Link to book; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan Matthew and Andrew Boyd and Dave Oswald Mitchell. 2012. “Floating Signifier.” Pp. 234-235 in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, edited by A. Boyd and D. O. Mitchell. New York, NY: OR Books. Link to book; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan Matthew and Joshua Kahn Russell and Zack Malitz. 2012. “Expressive & Instrumental Actions.” Pp. 232-233 in Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for Revolution, edited by A. Boyd and D. O. Mitchell. New York, NY: OR Books. Link to book; Link to chapter published online.
Smucker, Jonathan M. 2013. “Occupy: A Name Fixed to a Flashpoint.” The Sociological Quarterly 54(2):219–225. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan M. 2014. “Can Prefigurative Politics Replace Political Strategy?” Berkeley Journal of Sociology 58:74-82. Article link.
Tuğal, Cihan and Jonathan Smucker and Kip Roberts. 2026 (forthcoming). “Populism, Emotions, and Boundary Work among Political Activists in the Trump Era.” The Sociological Quarterly.
Smucker, Jonathan and Tim Nafziger and Sarah Augustine. 2024. “Give Us the Courage to Enter the Song: Reckoning with Mennonite History and Theology through Public Action.” Anabaptist Witness 11(2):17-36. Article Link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2025. “The Power and Pitfalls of Protest: How to Speak Out Without Falling Victim to Trump’s Playbook.” The Guardian. Article link.
Abbott, Jared and Jonathan Smucker. 2025. “Here’s How Democrats Win Back Voters.” The Hill. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2024. “Democrats, Next Time Try Fighting for the Working Class.” Al Jazeera. Article link.
Troy, Allison, Jonathan Smucker, Cicia Lee, and Anna Bakalis. 2023. “Public Education is Popular (and Our Opponents Know It).” Popular Comms Institute. Report link.
Troy, Allison and Jonathan Smucker. 2022. “A Tale of Two Campaigns in Pennsylvania.” The Nation. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2021. “Happy Birthday, Occupy Wall Street!” The Intercept. Article link.
Taylor, Astra and Jonathan Smucker. 2021. “Occupy Wall Street Changed Everything.” New York Magazine. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2020. “Don’t Abandon the Democratic Party—Take It Over.” The Nation. DECEMBER 14/21, 2020, ISSUE. Article link.
Swenson-Lengyel, Jacob and Jonathan Matthew Smucker. 2020. “How to Talk about a Contested Election.” Convergence. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2019. “Occupy the White House.” The Nation. Sept. 16. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2019. “Politics is for All of Us.” Lancaster Newspapers. August 16. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2017. “Take the Main Stage.” VICE Magazine, 24(4):132-133. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan .2017. “Why We Should Stop Using the Word ‘Activist’.” In These Times, May 2017. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2017. “The Establishment Is Not a Viable Candidate.” New Internationalist, Issue 501. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2014. “The Danger of Fetishizing Revolution.” Waging Nonviolence, July 1. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2013. “Let the Culture Have Mandela.” Waging Nonviolence, December 10. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan. 2012. “Falling in Love with Ourselves.” n+1 Occupy! (An OWS-Inspired Gazette), Sept. 2012, pp. 28-29. Link to issue (PDF).
Smucker, Jonathan. 2012. “A Practical Guide to Co-option.” n+1 Occupy! (An OWS-Inspired Gazette), May 2012, pp. 5-8. Link to issue (PDF).
Smucker, Jonathan. 2012. “The Tactic of Occupation and the Movement of the 99 Percent.” Progressive Planning Magazine, Spring 2012, pp. 6-9. Link to issue (PDF).
Smucker, Jonathan. 2011. “Occupation as a Movement Beyond Tactics.” Huffington Post, November 16. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan and Micheal Premo. 2014. “What’s Wrong With the Radical Critique of the People’s Climate March.” The Nation, Sept. 30. Article link.
Smucker, Jonathan M. and Andrew Boyd. 2014. “Recapture the Flag.” Beautiful Trouble. Article link.
Fondation Jean Jaurès. 2025. “Interview with Jonathan Smucker, Grassroots Political Organiser and Strategist, author of Hegemony How-To,” in The “Third Left” An Investigation into the Post-Identitarian Shift of the European Left, edited by R. Large. Paris: Éditions Fondation Jean-Jaurès. Full report link.
Deroubaix, Christophe. 2025. “Pour le Sociologue Jonathan Smucker, «Le Mouvement Social doit Subvertir le Parti Démocrate»” l'Humanité Magazine, July 2025:22-25. (No link available)
Brachet, Hadrien. 2025. “Jonathan Smucker: The Democrats Have Transformed Themselves into the Party of the Cultural Elite.” Le Point, June 25. Interview link.
Gaschignard, Constantin. 2025. “Jonathan Smucker: To Win Back their Constituency, Democrats Must Get Rid of the Party Establishment.” Le Figaro, June 13. Interview link.
Abbott, Jared. 2022. “Left-Wing Populism Can Win in Trump-Voting Areas, Too: Interview with Jonathan Smucker and Allison Troy.” Jacobin Magazine, May 16. Interview link.
Tarleton, John. 2020. “We’re in a Race Against Time: Interview With Hegemony How-To Author Jonathan Smucker.” The Indypendent, December 19. Interview link.
Fiorentini, Francesca and Nato Green. 2020. “Organizing Places Democrats Left Behind with Jonathan Smucker.” The Bitchuation Room, November 20. Interview link (video).
Grim, Ryan. 2020. “Populism Versus the Consulting Class.” Deconstructed (The Intercept), November 13. Interview link.
Dixon, Benjamin. 2020. “On Progressive Cycles and What’s to Come.” The Benjamin Dixon Show, Oct. 20. Interview link (video).
Seder, Sam. 2020. “The Surprising Legacy of Occupy Wall Street In 2020.” All Things Considered (National Public Radio), Jan. 23. Interview link.
Denvir, Daniel. 2019. “Hegemony How-To with Jonathan Matthew.” The Dig, Feb. 27. Interview link.
Thomas-Smith, Ayeisha. 2018. “Populism (Live) with Jonathan Smucker & Chantal Mouffe.” Weekly Economics Podcast. Interview link.
Evans, Mel and Kevin Smith. 2018. “Roadmap for Radicals.” Red Pepper Magazine. Interview link.
Kohn, Sally. 2018. “Don’t like the Democrats we have? Elect new ones! Jonathan Matthew Smucker on organizing in red, rural America.” State of Resistance with Sally Kohn. Interview link.
Konst, Nomiki. 2018. “Jonathan Smucker on The Young Turks with Nomiki Konst.” The Young Turks. Interview link (video).
Taylor, Astra. 2017. “How to Turn an Outpouring of Progressive Activism into a Winning Social Movement.” The Nation. Interview link.
The Dianne Rehm Show. 2011. “Why Occupy Wall Street is Now More Popular Than the Tea Party.” thedianerehmshow.org. Interview link.
The Ed Show. 2011. “The Ed Show for Thursday, November 17th, 2011: Guests: Jonathan Smucker, Laura Flanders, John Nichols, Tom Woodruff, Robert Greenwald, Sean Reardon, Mike Tate.” msnbc.msn.com. Interview link.