Tag Archives: organizing

Organizing Miracles

Posted on January 25, 2016 by jackmetz1

The problem with collective action is you can’t do it on your own. Massive popular collective action emerges from mysterious movements in the Zeitgeist, but it also requires dedicated organizing that often seems not just unlikely but almost miraculous. When … Continue reading →

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Can California Dreaming Remain a Vital Part of the Future of American Labor?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Working-Class Perspectives

Over the last decades in the most cynical hours in the latest nights of the seediest barrooms and meeting halls where organizers would inevitably gather to cry in their beer and gnash their teeth about the prospects for our movement … Continue reading →

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Why the Food Justice Movement Matters

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

Last fall, I had the opportunity to interview Chris Hedges for my radio show, just after he’d delivered a powerful but incredibly discouraging talk about how Americans are becoming less able to think critically (based on his book Empire of … Continue reading →

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Now’s the Time: Organizing in the Face of the Class War

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

Despite inspiring and massive rallies and protest campaigns, the two most visible attacks on America’s working class – the anti-union bills in Wisconsin and Ohio – have both been signed into law.  While the attack on public sector unions is, … Continue reading →

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Unions: Getting Things Done for Workers

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Working-Class Perspectives

I have been a labor organizer for 11 years.  Periodically someone pronounces labor unions as dead or dying organizations, and we all put our heads together to think about ways to save them. Lately, I am much less worried about … Continue reading →

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Movement Building and Political Organizing

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Working-Class Perspectives

The Democratic ground game in the 2008 election is unlike anything we’ve seen since 1948 – or, given the role of the internet, maybe ever. A week before the election, the focus is now exclusively on traditional Get Out The … Continue reading →

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