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About Richard Moser

Richard Moser has over 40 years experience as an organizer and activist in the labor, student, peace, and community movements. Moser is the author of "New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent During the Vietnam Era," and co-editor with Van Gosse of "The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America." Moser lives in Colorado.

On Organizing

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Richard Moser

The introduction to the series On Organizing Our terrible dilemma: While the climate scientists tell us our time may well be short, the road ahead seems so long and winding. Start now. Start organizing. But, what is the culture of organizing? … Continue reading →

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The Union Triad: Community Activism

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Richard Moser

The last post in the Union Triad Series. The Union Triad: Community Activism Local communities are important venues for consciousness raising and for leadership development. The key, it seems, is finding members well suited and willing to devote time and energy … Continue reading →

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The Union Triad: Community Building

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Richard Moser

This is the third in a series of four posts on the “union triad.” Community Building Community building has much in common with organizing.  Successful organizers are usually embedded in communities. Of all activity in the labor movement community building is … Continue reading →

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The Union Triad: Organize!

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Richard Moser

Many Americans, including many radicals, think that the US has no revolutionary tradition to call its own.  To them I say: Grace Lee Boggs! Second in the series on the Union Triad Organize! Since the 19th century unionists have been … Continue reading →

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The Union Triad: Representation, Organizing, and Community Building

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Richard Moser

The first of four posts on the Union Triad The Union Triad: Representation, Organizing and Community Building* Organizers need to understand the different components labor activism and their linkage to the culture and character of our movement. We are accustomed … Continue reading →

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Weaving Our Garment of Destiny

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Richard Moser

Tenth and final post on MLK. Weaving Our Garment of Destiny All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny…We are made to live together because of the … Continue reading →

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Where Do We Go From Here? Organize!

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Richard Moser

Ninth in a series of  ten posts on MLK. Where Do We Go From Here? “Our most powerful nonviolent weapon is, as would be expected, also our most demanding, that is organization.  To produce change people must be organized to … Continue reading →

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Up Against the Wall: Corporate Power and Empire

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Richard Moser

Eight in a series of ten posts on MLK.  Corporate Power and Empire [T]he Black revolution is much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes. It is forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws—racism, poverty, militarism, and … Continue reading →

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A New Revolutionary Strategy

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Richard Moser

Seventh in a series of  ten posts on MLK. The Revolution in Revolutionary Strategy “The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But, … Continue reading →

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The Movement and Elections

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Richard Moser

This is the last of seven posts on Electoral Strategy. The Movement and Elections It’s what we do that matters. The rank and file of the social and labor movements hold the most important position and bear the heaviest burden … Continue reading →

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