Category Archives: Movement Culture

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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Towards a Transformative Electoral Strategy

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Richard Moser

The fourth in a series of seven posts on Electoral Strategy. Towards A Transformative Electoral Strategy Now here is the hard part: What strategy might enhance the existing one but that also, of necessity, starts from the conditions at hand? … Continue reading →

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A Revolution of Values

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Richard Moser

Fifth is a series of ten posts on MLK. A Revolution of Values “Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal opposition to poverty, racism … Continue reading →

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Beloved Community

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Richard Moser

Fourth in a series of posts on MLK. The Beloved Community “But the end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the beloved community.”[1] The beloved community may seem a distant utopia but it was … Continue reading →

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Our Choice: Fear and Fatalism or Confidence and Purpose

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Richard Moser

Third in a series of Posts on MLK. Confidence and Purpose or Fear and Fatalism? “We shall overcome because the arc of a moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” We’re going to win our freedom because both … Continue reading →

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How We Surrender To Or Resist Triangulation

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Richard Moser

As the crisis deepens we will likely approach a shift in the equation of risk. The dangers we face to make the big changes will become less threatening than the dangers we face in continuing on the current course. Continue reading →

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