Category Archives: Strategy

Clinton’s Updated Tammany Hall — Destroying Democracy and Climate Too

I have invited Patrick Walker of Revolt Against Plutocracy (RAP) to be a guest blogger. Walker and his fellow political revolutionaries at RAP are a leading force in the grassroots Sanders surge. Best of all they have a strategy. Check … Continue reading

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Weaving Our Garment of Destiny

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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Up Against the Wall: Corporate Power and Empire

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

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 Green Party and the 2016 Election

The sixth in a series of seven post on Electoral Strategy.  The Alternative: The Imperative We need the Green Party. An electoral strategy aiming toward social transformation requires a dramatic shift from the routine ways that we view and contest elections. … Continue reading

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The Civil Rights Revolution is the American Revolution

Sixth is a series of ten posts on MLK. An American Revolution And I knew that as they were sitting in, they were really standing up for the best in the American dream. And taking the whole nation back to … Continue reading

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A Revolution of Values

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

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

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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Non-Violence as Strategy: Love as Politics

Second in a series of ten posts on the strategies of MLK. Nonviolent Strategy Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to … Continue reading

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