Mobilisation Quotes

“Gramsci used to say 'Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will'. What he meant is: understand how the bloody system works. What confronts you? The fact that the terrain is not favourable to your project. Understand that, even if it disillusions you, even if it makes you awake at night. Understand it. Then you're in a position to say 'Well what is.... what can change? Where are the emergent forces? Where are the cracks and the contradictions? What are the elements in popular consciousness one could mobilise for a different political program?”
― Stuart Hall

“Mais si le leader a la conscience claire de sa vision et de ses ambitions stratégiques, il n’a pas encore résolu les enjeux liés au consensus, à la mobilisation, aux stratégies individuelles et individualistes. Son défi, qui aussi une nécessité, c’est d’éviter d’être Hercule aux douze travaux ; c’est de construire des portefeuilles judicieusement répartis dans le court, le moyen et le long terme, comme je disais, antérieurement : « Avoir un pied dans le passé qui n’est jamais tout à fait mort, un autre dans le présent, la tête dans l’avenir… ».”
― Abdou Karim GUEYE Ecrivain Le Coeur et l'Esprit

“I think it would be more correct to say that mass movements are powerful, and therefore have the potential to do great damage or good. The United States mobilized in a way that could be called a mass movement to fight the Second World War–and so did the Japanese. Were those mass movements good or bad? Both nations felt justified in what they did, and the rights and wrongs depend on which side you are on.”
― Jared Taylor