Organizing in the Belly of the Beast
Organizing in the Belly of the Beast
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Organizing in the Belly of the Beast
The District of Columbia has a long and venerable history of local organizing that offers important lessons for how to push for change at the local level, take on powerful interests, and challenge an entrenched political establishment.
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Janeese Lewis George Campaign To Win, We Need to Do Things Differently.
Movement building and risk taking are key to winning insurgent electoral campaigns.
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Leslie Cross Fighting for a Bold, Progressive Agenda in DC
Activists in the District of Columbia are building support for statehood while fighting to advance a progressive agenda and holding their own elected officials to account.
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Janeese Lewis George Campaign Build the Movement. Elect Bold Leaders. Repeat.
A socialist candidate’s upset Council victory offers clear lessons for the left on how to organize and movement build during the pandemic.
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Koshu Kunii Black Lives Matter Equals Defund the Police.
Lessons from the whirlwind.
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Koshu Kunii Building a Socialist DC
Two Metro DC DSA organizers on the group’s electoral campaigning, the challenges of organizing during COVID, and their vision for a more just DC.
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Chris Grafton The History of the DC Statehood Movement
A historian of the capital city on the history of voter suppression in DC, the challenges of organizing for statehood, and why winning might be possible now.