“The most successful ones, those that had their demands met, used forms of decentralized, non-violent civil disobedience—large-scale direct action. The tipping-point, Chenoweth and Stephan found, was to get 3.5 per cent of the population involved.” newleftreview.org/issues/II120/a…
1/ As #ADOS adds activism atop the foundation of political education, learning from successful activists around the globe becomes even more important.
2/ “Local groups are the basic community-organizing structures, but we recommend that, as they grow, they should split into smaller working groups or circles, each focusing on its own specialist area. Each circle can choose its own coordinator; “
3/ “Nationally, there are a whole series of different circles, each with its own mandate, and they work pretty much autonomously of each other. The Actions and Logistics circle decides on the dates and frames for actions.”
4/ “The Media and Messaging circle decides about organizing press conferences and press releases, covering relations with tv and the press; we’ve also set up our own paper, The Hourglass, which now has its own branch. There’s a Political circle that meets with politicians....”
5/ “...a Finance circle which takes care of donations and fundraising, and checks everything with the Legal team; a Regenerative Culture circle, a Communities circle, a Tech circle and so on. Some of the circles are quite large and have lots of teams ..”
All interesting. Eat the fish 🐟 & spit out the bone 🦴
