Tag: organizing
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“ORGANIZE” as buzzword
I’m always interested in how some activists throw around the words “organize” and “organizer”. The words are often used as mostly undefined buzzwords. As Matt Bruenig Tweeted today, “If I didn’t [know] better, I’d think some people are in it for social status, and attaching the label ‘organizer’ boosts status.” I think that’s part of…
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Radicals and the 99%: Core and Mass Movement
This essay is a chapter in the new book from AK Press We Are Many: Critical Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation. The book is 450 pages with contributions from 50 authors — most of whom have been active in Occupy Wall Street. Order it here! — Occupy Wall Street audaciously claimed to…
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A Practical Guide to Co-option
Also published in Occupy! #4. Occupy! is an OWS-inspired gazette, published by n+1. Almost immediately after a small band of activists first occupied Zuccotti Park in September of last year, many in the movement started expressing concern about potential co-option by more established and moderate forces. These concerns have become more central in 2012, an…
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grassroots communications tips (series)
Someone recently asked me to jot down some communications, media and messaging tips for folks engaged in grassroots social justice organizing efforts and campaigns. So, that’s what I’m doing in this series. I’ll be breaking down some specific techniques and also exploring deeper communications concepts and frameworks. This is the landing page for this series.…
Jonathan Matthew Smucker 