Building solidarity, not conflict
I do believe that non-violent action is more effective as a strategy because the object is to build solidarity rather than conflict and I feel that that is ultimately what we’re fighting for.
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Prefiguring alternatives, resisting the status quo
We need to organize outside of the current mainstream political structures and create, pre-emptively, alternative ways of organizing and living
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The absence of movements
It’s the absence of social movements that has folks like me going into full time jobs that we would never have taken in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
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Building commonality
I saw tenant organizing in a similar way that I see union organizing: it’s a way to actually build commonality.
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Practicing solidarity
we had developed a fair amount of respect for each other…[and] many of those debates were had in pretty fraternal ways and played out better than maybe they have most recently.
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Everyday solidarity
In union organizing drives and on picket lines…I’ve seen…racism, sexism break down.
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Youth of colour fight back
Some of the really inspiring stuff that I’ve seen…since September 11th, 2001 has been…immigrant and refugee youth taking on leadership roles
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