Thread by @hahriehan

Amazing piece by @staceyabrams @gwlauren: "Organizing is the soul of this work. Building progressive governing power requires organizing."

nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opi…

So much to love that it’s hard to know where to start.

It might begin w/the holistic analysis of interrelationships b/t organizing at the center, infrastructure thru party orgs and other vehicles, and strategic leadership.

Also love recognition of need to build orgs b/c otherwise unsustainable effort of all exit & no voice: “Sustained engagement w/all..parts of a Dem coalition means that while those you disappoint may be angry..they won’t abandon the mission.”

amazon.com/Exit-Voice-Loy…

And maybe my fave paragraph—makes me think of convos I’ve had w/donors discussing importance of organizing & they say, “But what’s the effect size?” as a form of silencing.

So consistent w/what @lizcmckenna and I wrote about (much less eloquently):
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…

@lizcmckenna & our book profiles the same leaders! “Lead strategists are vital to bldg a battleground state…At their best, they’re someone like @TramNVM of @NewVAMajority who played a key role in building a Dem governing trifecta there for the first time since 1993.”

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

Our argument: If you study movement grps that actually won in recent yrs, it's a combination of strategic leaders working in pragmatic, accountable relationships to an organized base, helping ppl become architects of their own future.

Too often we try to study organizing separate from strategic leadership, as if a tactic alone will make the transformative change we need. We try to push back....the moment demands more.