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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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What is Social Movement Unionism?
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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Evolution to Revolution: Rethinking the Organizing Model
Fifth in the series: On Organizing The Revolution for US labor is Social Movement Unionism. The strategic question, as always: how do we get there? Organizers may detest service unionism but that is the world we are in. Can we … Continue reading
Planning and Opportunity
Forth in the series: On Organizing Planning and Opportunity The vast majority of movement work today is reactive. In part that is a result of the defensive posture of the labor and social movements but it is also a … Continue reading
Reframing: From “Electability” to Organizing Encounter
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
Both Interest And Ideals: Working Idealism In
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
Labor and the Cold War: The Epic Fail
Fifth in the series: The Principles of Organzing Cold War Liberalism During the Cold War, Labor unions violated their own sacred principle of solidarity by joining with imperial elites and corporate interests to weaken militant trade unionism abroad … Continue reading
On Organizing: Both Interest And Ideals
Fourth in the series: On Organizing Both Interests And Ideals Organizers usually accept the idea that self-interest is the best starting point for empowerment. Unions are predicated on serving the interest of working people. Social movements too advocate the peoples’ … Continue reading
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
On Organizing: Between Change and Continuity
Second in the series: On Organizing Between Change and Continuity Organizers work in the creative tension between change and continuity. Organizers usually become committed to their work out of deeply held desires for fundamental social and cultural change yet they … Continue reading
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