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everyone who is at all interested or participating in organizing should take 5 minutes to read this short, bullet list article and try to take its lessons to heart organizing.work/2019/07/organi…
for many of the bullets, if you want a more extensive article on the subject, i have one and would be happy to pass it to you
ok, i've received enough requests that i'll just put as many as i can easily recall in this thread
"Going to protests is not what it’s all about" and "Catharsis and 'raising awareness' are immeasurable": godsandradicals.org/2017/08/09/cat…
"Going to protests is not what it’s all about" and "Catharsis and 'raising awareness' are immeasurable": godsandradicals.org/2017/08/09/cat…
"Organize for clear, attainable goals that have benchmarks and ways to measure success" & "Organize stuff that makes people’s lives better" & "Don’t use social media to organize": godsandradicals.org/2017/09/30/you…
examples of work with "clear, attainable goals": communistlaborparty.org/seattle/index.…
examples of work with "clear, attainable goals": communistlaborparty.org/seattle/index.…
"Listen to people’s opinions. Listen to people first. See where people are at. Listen to people’s problems. Don’t assume what people’s opinions or problems are going to be.": stompoutslumlords.org/wp-content/upl…
"Don’t just build with people from the subcultures and scenes and social groups you are most familiar with." & "Organize the working class, not the left.": regenerationmag.org/base-building-…
"Don’t get all caught up in super ideological dogmatic tiffs [...] the left is too obsessed with ideology as identity....": theleftwind.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/dog…
"...Demonstrate your methodology through how you organize.": theleftwind.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/so-…
"...Demonstrate your methodology through how you organize.": theleftwind.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/so-…
"Respect collective process. Work through disagreements collectively. Plan things collectively."
some books (the first is brief):
akpress.org/comehellorhigh…
akpress.org/emergentstrate…
some books (the first is brief):
akpress.org/comehellorhigh…
akpress.org/emergentstrate…
"Don’t write people off because they have a bad position on something. Don’t leave people behind or forget about people. People aren’t expendable."
book specifically about intimate violence, but required reading for thinking about the above generally: akpress.org/revolutionstar…
book specifically about intimate violence, but required reading for thinking about the above generally: akpress.org/revolutionstar…
"Go to the people in the room that don’t already have positions of authority." & "Power is on the shop floor, not in boardrooms. Build with rank and file.": regenerationmag.org/new-tools-need…
"Build students’ organizing skills. Talk to students like they are adults or even peers, even knowing you are the teacher, because it’s about having real relationships. Make them laugh."
book: ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr…
book: ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr…
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