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“Solidarity among human beings can happen spontaneously, as in a flood or fire, or by design, through organizing.”
― No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
― No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
“Grassroots worker power develops when workers identify any issue that outrages them. That could include oppressing other workers to keep the factories lily-white.”
― A History of America in Ten Strikes
― A History of America in Ten Strikes
“I don’t ever want to forget that resistance must be its own reward, since resistance, at least within the life span of the resistors, almost always fails.”
― We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
― We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
“An incorrect power analysis can lead people who want to end capitalism to think that small numbers of demonstrators occupying public spaces like parks and squares and tweeting about it will generate enough power to bring down Wall Street.”
― No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
― No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
“If we start with the attitude that different viewpoints are additive rather than competitive, we become more effective because our ideas or decisions are honed and tempered by that discourse. In a healthy, creative culture, the people in the trenches feel free to speak up and bring to light differing views that can help give us clarity.”
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