Signs of the Times

National Politics

http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/The-Pretenders-01-Alone-2459320.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans    I’m not sure if this is a footnote to these times of turmoil or the banner headline, but I have to admit to loving the way people are not just putting their feet to the street these days but their voices – and often humor …

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Digital “Tools” for Organizing Protests and Building the Movements that Follow

Community Organizing Ideas and Issues Labor Organizing Organizing

New Orleans    Zeynep Tufekci, a professor at the University of North Carolina, wrote an interesting op-ed in the Times, headlined, “Does a Protest’s Size Matter?” The answer is easy: of course it does! But, that’s not the point she wants to underline. The professor wants to underscore the fact that a protest about something is …

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