"It's not the politicians who lead in every social movement. It is always from the bottom up…” Ana María Archila, co-director of the New York Working Families Party reflects on the power of collective action.
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YES this. I touched on this in my one and thus far only Substack post:
"Think organic leadership such as MLK Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, later to become the United Farm Workers." 1/3
"Or Poland’s Lech Walesa and the working class power of the Solidarity movement facing off against powers of the USSR. They were not elected officials who rose to prominence and leadership based on their office or official role in government. 2/3
"Their innate leadership propelled them to the role of leader. And we know all three understood good and necessary trouble as both a tactic and a strategy. Elections and official appointments make not a real leader; Exhibit-A: Trump and Musk." 3/3
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"Think organic leadership such as MLK Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association, later to become the United Farm Workers." 1/3
be there or be snatched up by ICE, apparently
We are focusing on their distractions
https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no