Category Archives: Prefigurative politics

From Strike Wave to General Strike

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Richard Moser

Above photo: Yasmine James (center with microphone), the McDonald’s worker attacked while working at a St. Petersburg restaurant, spoke to a crowd at a worker rally Tuesday. Spectrum News image. Thanks to Popular Resistance. Also in Counterpunch and Popular Resistance. The … Continue reading →

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The Inside is Connected to the Outside: The Inside/Outside Strategy Revisited

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Richard Moser

The Inside/Outside Strategy (IOS) claims we need to work both inside and outside the dominant order to win. Most critiques of IOS correctly point to the shortcomings and dangers of working within the system. But, this weakness is also a … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism: Free Market Fundamentalism or Corporate Power?

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Richard Moser

Also in CounterPunch. I’ve been hearing about neoliberalism for a long time now and never could make much sense of it. It turns out the story we tell about neoliberalism is as contradictory as neoliberalism itself. Two currents within the … Continue reading →

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Is the Green New Deal a “Revolutionary Reform?”

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Richard Moser

  The movement around the Green New Deal is the ultimate testing ground for the kind of political skills and strategy needed to win the most important political battles of all. What do you think of the Green New Deal? … Continue reading →

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Both The Commune And Revolution

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Richard Moser

Also in Counterpunch The environmental crisis grows ever more dire but we are no closer to a grand political solution because that requires nothing less than a revolution: we must replace corporate power with economic democracy and war with peace. In … Continue reading →

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