Tag: radicals
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What not to do: 100 things to avoid when trying to build a movement for radical change
DO NOT: forget to say please and thank you neglect to welcome newcomers be overly protective about ideas you hope to spread pretend you can make big changes without building broad alliances give the finger to your allies heckle Civil Rights leaders tell a black person that voting doesn’t matter tell anyone that voting doesn’t…
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Radicals, Liberals & #OccupyWallStreet: This is What a Populist Alignment Looks Like
Glenn Greenwald asked yesterday whether Occupy Wall Street “can be turned into a Democratic Party movement?”. He discusses how the tone of establishment Democrats has quickly shifted and how many in the Party—including the White House—are now clamoring to figure out how to ride the anti-Wall Street populist wave. Judd Legum of the Center for…
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Occupy Wall Street: Small Convergence of a Radical Fringe
Why haven’t the protests on Wall Street sparked a prairie fire of populist rebellion across the country? Why, when Adbusters called for “reinforcements” did these not magically arrive? Why, if the protesters represent the feelings of “99% of Americans” have so very, very few of those represented bothered to support the initiative in any way…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 