Tag: organizing

• Episode # 74: Organizing to Change the World with Clément Petitjean

  One of Karl Marx’s most famous dictums is carved onto his gravestone: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.” The first step is opening our eyes, making meaning, making sense, interpreting and constructing a world. Another step is allowing ourselves to feel the world throbbing inside of us, to hear its…

  June 1, 2023

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  activists, authors, Black Panthers, Clement Petitjean, communityorganizing, freedom, liberation, Occupation Organizer, organizing, SDS, SNCC, solidarity, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society

• Episode # 73: Fighting Times with Jon Melrod

  Unchecked, the US juggernaut is headed for catastrophe, either a new and friendly-looking American fascism, or some other form of extreme social disintegration. Another world is surely coming—greater equality, participatory democracy, socialism, and peace are all within our reach, but nuclear war, complete capitalist climate collapse, work camps and slavery are also looming possibilities. There…

  May 18, 2023

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  Fighting Times, Jon Melrod, labor, organizing

• Episode 28: Mariame Kaba

  Sometimes we ask, What can one person do? The first step is to stop being one person. Move away from “me,” and take steps toward creating a “we.” From one to two, from two to three, step-by-step toward an irresistible movement for justice and peace, powered by love—the organizer’s credo. We’re honored to be joined…

  April 12, 2021

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  abolition, justice, liberation, mariamekaba, organizing