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Active activism

Yesterday, March 30th 2011, I went to Cortland, NY protesting New York's budget and demanding a "Fair Budget" Rally!

It was invigorating. The crowd of union workers, public and private was about 200 strong. The speakers were mostly fiery and articulate. 

Then it was over and everybody smiled and went home; including me.

This coming Monday, April 4th, will mark a day of national protest and action. All over the USA there will be rallies held to protest the huge cuts to…

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Added by Rick White on April 1, 2011 at 2:27 — No Comments

David Graeber: The Climate Change Movement and the Labour Movement

Against Kamikaze Capitalism: Oil, Climate Change and the French refinery blockades

by David Graeber, published online November 2010

On Saturday, 16th October 2010, some 500 activists gathered at convergence points across London, knowing only that they were about to embark on a direct action called Crude Awakening, aimed against the ecological…

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Added by peter waterman on December 15, 2010 at 17:27 — No Comments

Clicktivism is Ruining Left Activism

Clicktivism is ruining leftist activism





Reducing activism to online petitions, this breed of marketeering technocrats damage every political movement they touch…



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Added by peter waterman on October 3, 2010 at 12:20 — 6 Comments

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