In this essay, I explore the contemporary value of John Dewey's conception of democracy to addressing the challenges of neoliberal globalization. I begin by describing his vision of democracy as a way of life that requires habits of experimentalism, pluralism, and hope. I then suggest that contemporary forms of mobilization, resistance, and insurgency--specifically, alter globalization activism, the Occupy Movement, and the Forward Together Moral Movement in North Carolina--model aspects of Deweyan democracy that are especially important for our times. These forms of civic activism can help reinvigorate Dewey's vision of democracy as rich, deep, participatory, and creative. I argue a significant value of these movements is the democratic habits and ways of life they encourage and support.