Tag: strategy
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Three Roles of an Antiwar Core | Building a Successful Antiwar Movement (intro)
This is the first installment in a four-part series written by Jonathan Matthew Smucker in collaboration with Madeline Gardner, originally published in 2007. They won’t do it. It’s up to all of us to stop the war. It’s 2007, and the war continues. It is even escalating with Bush’s maddening “surge.” Equally maddening is the…
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The Stakes in this Election: Incredibly High | Mike Lux discusses “The Progressive Revolution”
originally published on October 20, 2010 Welcome to the second interview in our series. This week we feature progressive organizer, strategist, blogger, and author Mike Lux. Mike is the CEO of Progressive Strategies, the Co-founder of Open Left, and he has been active for thirty years on many progressive issues. Mike is the “outsider’s insider.”…
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What Prevents Radicals from Acting Strategically? (part 2 of 3)
Reposted. Part Two of a three-part article from 2006, written in collaboration with Madeline Gardner. Read Part One first. And then here’s Part Three. Encapsulation While in Argentina in 2004 I interviewed Maba and Valde, a sister and brother from one of the Movements of Unemployed Workers1 groups, MTD Solano. Interviewing them separately, I asked…
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What Prevents Radicals from Acting Strategically? (part 1 of 3)
This article made the rounds on Z net and a bunch of Indymedia sites back in 2006. I wrote it in collaboration with Madeline Gardner. I’m reposting here in three parts, with no edits. Here’s Part Two. And here’s Part Three. And here’s the video. Ritual & Engagement It’s August and I’m back in San…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 