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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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Alexander McCoy
I hear this constantly from grassroots. They've energy. Good vision. They have no funding, running on fumes.https://twitter.com/AlexanderMcCoy4/status/877374467919544320 …
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Despite what you may think from Twitter, at the local level, Bernie & Hillary folk do work together. They're all similarly running on fumes.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
People are roaring to volunteer. However, you can only do so much between your job, family, kids. Need to staff up. https://twitter.com/TheTribunate509/status/877375382860726273 …
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But I don't meet staff up the traditional US NGO way: top down. You need to staff up the current grassroots energy, interface with them.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted withhold your labor, make them pay
Local people who organize. Local spaces. Local orgs doing real electoral work. Empower/train local grassroots.https://twitter.com/SilvanaRam/status/877383153530400768 …
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Been volunteering with nonprofit to flip NY19 and between school and work it's not easy. Would you envision $ coming from Dem party?
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