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What is the General Strike?
Also at CounterPunch. The General Strike in the US is a multi-faceted, poly-centered resistance movement responding to the general crisis of capitalism and corporate power triggered by the Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic is revealing to millions what was always well … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, Capitalism, Climate Change, Cooperation, Corporate Power, electoral strategy, Empire, Green Party, History, Labor Movement, Military, Movement Culture, organizing, Organizing Strategy, Red Scare, revolutionary strategy, Socialism, union organzing, unions, White Supremacy, Working Class
Tagged Movement Strategy, Organizational Culture, organizing, organizing strategy, revolutionary strategy, union organizing, unions
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Inside/Outside Strategy Revisited
What is Strategy? Strategy is a plan — a proposed course of action. Strategy demands the analysis of current conditions and statements of desired goals. But, the primary focus of strategy is “how.” How do we work the transition between … Continue reading
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The People Made the First New Deal. Can the People Make Another?
Also find this article at Counterpunch. Massive Protest and Organizing Created the New Deal The kind of electoral victories we need will take far more than standard electioneering and Facebook debates. Let’s look at what it took to create the New … Continue reading
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What is Organizing?
Organizing is a practice aimed at helping people create the social movements and political organizations necessary to wage campaigns and win power. How do we make real the promises of democracy? Organizing is a time-tested strategy for empowering the people. … Continue reading
How Do We Organize A Hundred Million?
First in a series: How Do We Organize a Hundred Million? How Do We Organize a Hundred Million? The strategic considerations discussed in this series of posts assumes that it will take a hundred million activist in the US and … Continue reading
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Conclusion to the Series “On Organizing:” Evolution to Revolution
Last in the series: On Organizing History Has Not Come To An End The series “On Organzing” aims to help us learn from the challenging and confusing dialectical tension that is every organizers terrain and trouble. Among the most productive … Continue reading
Social Movement Unionism: Right Here! Right Now!
Dedicated to the Chicago Teachers Union and teacher activists everywhere. Seventh in the Series: On Organizing. See What is Social Movement Unionism? for the first part of this post including the Battle for Seattle, Occupy and the Great American Boycott. Right … Continue reading
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