What is militancy, when is it necessary, why is it good for democracy? A philosophy professor explains
What kind of militancy would it take to defeat Harper? “I like to call militancy a remedial virtue,” says activist, philosophy professor Stephen D’Arcy No 1043 Posted by fw, April … Continue reading
Kudos to Rainforest Action Network for multifaceted Keystone XL protest campaign
RAN using pledges of resistance, civil disobedience demonstrations, training and petitions against KXL No 780 Posted by fw, June 18, 2013 It is such a pleasure to recognize the multifaceted … Continue reading
How the American progressive movement can achieve power. (Canadian progressives please take note)
You can’t forever be a protest movement. At some point you have to take power. No 482 Posted by fw, May 20, 2012 “The reason that the progressives are on … Continue reading
Women Occupy gives whole new meaning to “Bust Bank of America”
Bank’s CEO Brian Moynihan’s speech gets “busted” No 437 Posted by fw, March 15, 2012 Boyo, has the Women Occupy crowd got its act together with a multifaceted mix of … Continue reading
“Counterpower” by Tim Gee – Pt 9: How Thatcher destroyed Britain’s National Union of Mineworkers
No 387 Posted by fw, January 13, 2012 To put this and past posts in this Counterpower series in perspective, the purpose of the series is to help activists understand … Continue reading
“Counterpower” by Tim Gee – Pt 8: How governments crushed the anti-war movement of The Great War
No 386 Posted by fw, January 11, 2012 “For the most part, governments attempted to ridicule the anti-war movement of World War 1. As resistance movements began to exert their … Continue reading
Can past social movements inform current campaigns? Absolutely, says Tim Gee in “Counterpower: Making Change Happen”
No 344 Posted by fw, November 25, 2011 “Counterpower’s mission is to map political movements and understand how change happens, to ‘delve into the archive of history and try to … Continue reading
