Tag Archives: Movement Strategy

Grassroots Rap for Jill Stein

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Richard Moser

We grow from the grassroots! Let’s help each other send Jill Stein to the White House. It’s in our hands! The following is a one minute script for face-to face organizing. I am a local activist and this is … Continue reading →

Clinton and Trump. Fear and Fascism. Part two

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Richard Moser

Clinton and Trump. Fear and Fascism. Part Two. Read Part One Full Frontal Fascism Trump has returned a deep and frightening bigotry to the public discourse of the so-called center. Hatred has a long history in the US and, while … Continue reading →

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Transformation and Reconstruction: The Means and Measure of Revolutionary Change

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Richard Moser

The fourth and final post in the series: How Do We Organize a Hundred Million? Click to read One, Two, Three. Transformation and Reconstruction: the Means and Measure of Revolutionary Change To organize millions, the revolution has to … Continue reading →

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Learn From the Bern

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Richard Moser

Second post in the series: How Do We Organize A Hundred Million? Learn from the Bern: Learn the Inside/Outside Strategy The inside/outside strategy is a way to learn as events unfold. It is important that we learn from, work with, … Continue reading →

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How Do We Organize A Hundred Million?

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Richard Moser

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

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Richard Moser

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 →

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Social Movement Unionism: Right Here! Right Now!

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Richard Moser

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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What is Social Movement Unionism?

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Richard Moser

Sixth in the series: On Organizing What is Social Movment Unionism? The rarest and most politically charged form of unionism, social movement unionism is also the most difficult form of working-class rebellion to define or realize. When the borderlines between working … Continue reading →

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Reframing: From “Electability” to Organizing Encounter

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Richard Moser

First post in a series on Election Talk Making history is far better than predicting it. Let’s practice turning speculation into an organizing opportunity. Perhaps the most common remark I hear when taking to people about the Sanders campaign … Continue reading →

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Both Interest And Ideals: Working Idealism In

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Richard Moser

Sixth in the Series: On Organizing Working Idealism In : Engage the People Peace and economic justice is not something we need just for the workers of the Maquiladoras or the people of the Middle East: it is necessary … Continue reading →

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