My book explains how left movements flop and it's creative commons—free. (I'll donate new sale money to refugees.).https://www.twitterandteargas.org/
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If you think this grassroots energy will somehow naturally turn the tide in the country under these anemic funding conditions: not likely.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Angela Uherbelau
Yep. Right funds political infrastructure/electoral work. Left/liberals don't Right controls every level of power.https://twitter.com/girlwonderau/status/877354559420547072 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Stan Oklobdzija
Most important for political work. Grassroots energy can do a lot, but will dissipate without funded infrastructure.https://twitter.com/StanfromSD/status/877356240778674177 …
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For example, just returned from Lancaster, to study grassroots organizing by
@lancstandsup. Deep organizing. Starved for pennies. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯4 replies 12 retweets 42 likes -
Whenever I travel, talk to movement people aboutmy book, so many people say "that's us." Well, that's because this played out elsewhere.
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Dems are riding a wave of admin incompetence/missteps. If you don't build or fund infrastructure and bring in grassroots, that won't last.
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1-The right in the US walks the walk of organizing, the left mostly does not. 2-Incompetence can and will be replaced with competence.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Local infrastructure is the way to build political power, outside of occasional presidential win & its coattails. https://twitter.com/mrscience_/status/877371335965425664 …
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This is 100% the most true as fuck thread. A single example: my space, progressive veteran/military families organizing.
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People on the left think the military community is irredeemably conservative. Not true. Obama won vets against McCain. Diverse.
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What's actually happened is that vets are uncontested by left organizers, despite being symbolically powerful, strategically located
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