P.S.: I feel you if this type of work feels too slow when the world around us is on fire. Yet we have to commit to doing it anyway. Laying the groundwork for deep change makes it less likely that we end up here again in a few years time. At least we'll be better prepared when the monsters reemerge!

Find an organization addressing an issue you care about deeply and join them. Or find some comrades and start something new. It takes all of us, in may different but aligned formations, to really make a difference and win.
#strategy #resistance #organizing

3️⃣balancing action/mobilizing with relationship building/organizing
4️⃣starting where people are, but not getting stuck there
5️⃣making space for healing, grieving as well as joy and hope
6️⃣building alliances across issues and space

Join organizations which invest in strategically building power for the long haul. How to identify such organizations? Here's a few indicators:
1️⃣committed to grassroots leadership development
2️⃣setting short-term and long-term objectives + a pathway between both

You don't need to love Bernie Sanders or even agree with many of his choices, to learn from his campaigns. So...
What's your narrative?
What are you building for the long haul?
How do you pick your battles?
Those questions are at the heart of any winning strategy.
#Organize #Resist #BuildPower

✨Combining a strong "no" with a "hell yeah"
No abstract policy plans, but concrete material wins that speak to people's needs and pain. Whether it's the "Green New Deal" or "Medicare for All", you don't just fight against something, you fight to actually win.

🎯strategic focus
Bernie knows you have to pick your fights. He is focusing his current efforts on those swing states that will be instrumental in changing the power balance. You can't do everything at once, so start to do what matters most.

🏗️ building scalable movement infrastructure
It is the main reason he could threaten the democratic establishment as an independent outsider, back in 2016. Decentralized organizing allowed him to scale up and gain momentum. Afterwards the engine of that campaign became the nonprofit "Our Revolution"

🗣️ a powerful counter narrative
Bernie doesn't shy away from picking the ideological battle that we need. There's a clear "us" and "them", a fundamental conflict between both, and a choice to make.

En het is al de 19de editie! Dankbaar voor iedereen die doorheen de jaren zo'n mooie katalysator voor actie en bewegingswerk is blijven voeden - voor korte of lange tijd.

Freire: "The more radical the person is, the more fully he or she enters into reality so that, knowing it better, he or she can transform it. (...) This person does not consider himself (...) the liberator of the oppressed; but (...) commit himself or herself (...) to fight at their side."

Because in order to break free, we will need to expand our movement beyond those people we feel comfortable aligning with. That requires us to listen deeply and to hold dear truth lightly enough, of course without losing sight of our core values.

But our silence will not protects us (channeling the spirit of Audre Lorde here). The longer we wait, the stronger the positions of the (far) right will get. Now is the time for organizations to volunteer to create spaces for reflection, coordination and strategizing = what we need to build power.

And organizations in turn need to get better at pooling resources and building coalitions. Just like no individual can do the work alone, no organization can either. In several places I see organizations starting to step up to the challenge, in others fear and hesitation hold back those that should.

The answer will depend on where you are based. In most places, there are organizations active doing part of this work. As the late organizer Kwame Ture always repeated: "everyone serious about change should join an organization." #JoinTheResistance #Organize