Jun 17, 20214 min read
PARTNERSHIPS, ALLIANCES, AND COALITIONS: From Marriage To Parasitism
A core theme of Advocacy Organizing is that knowing the underlying socio-economic, political, demographic, and cultural trends in each...
Jun 9, 20214 min read
DEEPER THAN QANON: What Is Shaking Our Reality – And Our Minds?
We now know that at least 30 million Americans, about 15% of the adult population, believe that “the government, media, and financial...
May 26, 20213 min read
FIGHTING RACISM: CULTURE, VALUES, AND RELIGION ARE AS IMPORTANT AS SELF-INTEREST
The classic left-wing strategy for discussing racism is to stress how the bosses use it to divide and conquer the working class --...
May 23, 20213 min read
JUSTIFIABLE ANGER AND STRATEGIC PATIENCE
There has been a palpable rise in the hurt and anger of young people over the past year. Particularly among young, usually...
May 22, 20212 min read
UNIVERSAL RIGHTS AND WHITE FREEDOMS
In the book, I point out that America’s “Founding Fathers” (as well as most of the white, male, leaders of the European Enlightenment and...
May 21, 20211 min read
Francis Fox Piven says....
THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP OF ELECTORAL AND MOVEMENT POLITICS “People don’t join movements unless they think they can win something. What...
May 18, 20212 min read
Theory of Change As Campaign Planning Tool
The "Theories of Change" chapter in Advocacy Organizing, describes different high-level forces that shape society and history. But the...
Apr 17, 20211 min read
HOW TO TURN YOUR RED STATE BLUE, by Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo.
At its most basic, organizing is talking to people about important issues, plus moving them to take collective action. First, you need a...
Apr 2, 20212 min read
Wins & Losses Are Often Intertwined
As subordinate groups painfully find ways to win some degree of stability and security within the existing socio-economic system, some...
Apr 2, 20211 min read
MONEY TALKS
Mary Lasker was a Manhattan socialite who used her wealth and political connections to get government funding for the War on Cancer and...