Movements falter when the get stuck on tactics & stop thinking about the underlying dynamic: how do we convey threat by building capacity?
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Globally, the powerful getting better at countering social movements. Partly why I wrote a book to explain why/how.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/853968637199253505 …
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Unfortunately, this discussion brings out a lot of defensiveness—as if one is belittling movements. Defensiveness is not a path to strength.
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My 2¢: You want to spook the R's voting yes today? Put up a single fundraising page targeting them, raise many millions before the vote.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nick Walker
It will annoy him, sure. I don't know why a single R legislator would be spooked only by large march in Manhattan.https://twitter.com/nw3/status/860123037387157505 …
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To conclude thread: FB post on how a movement might still be able to stop Obamacare repeal; even at the last minute. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1826519680695429&set=a.108673669146714.15995.100000122456753&type=3&permPage=1 …pic.twitter.com/WRMps3dxnA
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Garance Franke-Ruta
Also this. If/when this passes House, *something* will quite likely pass the Senate.https://twitter.com/thegarance/status/859969902051983361 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Clare Foran
I won't sugarcoat. This is a paltry sum. The left/DEM donors/rich ppl are MIA. Grassroots energy not matched/helped.https://twitter.com/ckmarie/status/860484598958108673 …
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Tea Party is a very successful movement. It had a real grassroots—and it was smart, strategic. But it also got funded. "Resistance"? Not so.
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1. Tea Party 'movement' built over funding from Koch brothers for a decade before Obama took office, Resistance needs some time...
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It also needs a jump start on local organizing beyond what they can do now.
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