Tag: Wisconsin
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Happy May Day! Who are your favorite working class heroes?
Jason Moon of Iraq Veterans Against the War sings Working Class Hero for rallying Wisconsin workers. May Day is International Workers’ Day. Open thread: Who are the working class heroes who inspire you?
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Populism & Hegemony (series)
The broad political Left in the United States has been plagued for decades now with a culture of reaction, fragmentation, issue silo-ing, and a chasm between insiders and outsiders. Can the concepts of populism and hegemony help to explain these challenges? What insights might we gain through an exploration of these ideas? A series on…
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Wisconsin: How Populism Works | Populism & Hegemony pt.5
This is the fifth post in a series. Teachers, students, firefighters, police officers, veterans, farmers, and even Green Bay Packers players, visibly aligned and defiantly mobilized together in Wisconsin last month, conveyed something very important and powerful. Okay, duh. That’s obvious. If we could orchestrate that kind of line-up all the time, we would, of…
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Wisconsin: people are organized = politicians have spines
Hats off to the good people of Wisconsin who are standing up. I’ve been glued to the screen and tweeting about it all day. It’s great to see some courage from progressive Democratic office holders. It’s a good reminder for all of us who are working for social justice – that we on “the outside”…
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Orienting New Members & Volunteers to a Local Group
Three Tips for Plugging People In Bringing in new members or volunteers is essential to any local group that wants to grow in size and capacity. However, attracting or recruiting new people to your group is only the first step. Getting them to stick around can be a much bigger challenge! The good news is…
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Wisconsin | Lost & found: a hegemonic progressive narrative
Every once in a long while something comes along that inspires progressives all across the country – all at once – and that has the power to reach beyond the boundaries of our progressive circles, to break out of the cognitive boxes we’ve been placed in, and to associate fresh meanings… -
Wisconsin: people are organized = politicians have spines
Hats off to the good people of Wisconsin who are standing up. I’ve been glued to the screen and tweeting about it all day. It’s great to see some courage from progressive Democratic office holders. It’s a good reminder for all of us who are working for social justice – that we on “the outside”…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 