Depoliticized "volunteerism" is not civic virtue, it's a symptom of civic decline. Force the govt to provide services, don't be a chump.
@hoosteen @exileinflyville Yeah, surely the case sometimes. Not all political movements, protest are of equal value (yeah NEWS FLASH)
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@exileinflyville@hoosteen Yes! Any good writing on the tension & debate in Occupy Sandy, on volunteer-y charity, the State, paid work?
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@hoosteen OK, here's an example. Coalition of immigrant groups in NYC forced govt to provide interpreter & translation services… -
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@hoosteen Sure, the dichotomy's crude-but not all wrong. And there need be no squeamishness about making demands of the State. -
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@hoosteen Plenty of discussions about the what and the how at the local level. That's not nothing. -
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@ChMadar I've found halting but real progress on matters of strategy when local Occupy Our Homes groups coord w/national network. - 2 more replies
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