New Orleans The ascent of Trump may be proving that the personal is not the political, but it also seems to be establishing to a frightening degree that the political is very, very personal. I read a lengthy and poignant story in Harper’s in the wake of the election. It was centered in Rapid City, …
Month: November 2016
Abolitionists Model: Yes, Resist, But, Organize, Organize, Organize!
New Orleans I took a call yesterday from someone who believed there was a way to force a new election, block the inauguration, and create an “Orange Revolution” in the United States that would be triggered by a general strike of twenty-million workers. He had sent the email to a dozen or so well-known organizers. …
The Voting Numbers Say We Must Organize our Communities Now!
New Orleans The post-mortem on the US election continues but as more data and information becomes available some of the early guesstimates are not as compelling as they were the morning after. It’s not that they were completely wrong, but they are not right enough to point the directions forward. Over and over again it …