Benefit Handles Fueling Edinburgh Tenant Organizing

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Edinburgh     There’s nothing like good old fashion, benefit campaigns to light the fire under organizing drives, and it seems that the Edinburgh Private Tenants Action Group (EPTAG) has a number of great handles to choose from in moving to accelerate the growth and power of the organization.  Later today I’m joining a half-dozen of the …

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TIDAL: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy

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December 9, 2011   New Orleans               A fellow organizer passed on an email to me yesterday that is worth sharing.  Occupy Wall Street put out a combination position paper / magazine / whatnot entitled:  “TIDAL: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy.”  I was able to access the PDF by googling the title directly, and you might want to …

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Myles Horton and Occupy Decision Making Structure

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Toronto It is interesting to be reading Myles Horton’s autobiography, Long Haul, with its firmly held views on popular education, starting with where people are, supporting social movements, student-run and student-led educational experience, and “circles” of learning that are leaderless in pursuit of knowledge and at the same time hear and think about the Occupy …

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