organizing
Veteran activists should check out social media
May 2, 2013Older activists shouldn't feel that they have to use Facebook just because they feel have no other choice for staying in touch, but for their very real value to the community.
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Today in women’s history: Mother Jones ordered to stop “stirring up” miners
March 27, 2013She was banished from more towns and was held incommunicado in more jails in more states than any other union leader of the time.
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Today in labor history: State militia backs workers
February 7, 2013Gold miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, began a five-month strike in 1894, news of which travelled rapidly from one end of the country to the other,
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Obama speech heralds new era
January 22, 2013The preident laid out confidently - at times defiantly - a list of policy choices anathema to Republicans who tried to block every piece of progressive legislation during his first term.
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Gun control action will rely on grassroots organizing
January 10, 2013From the White House to anti-violence groups, it's widely agreed that grassroots mobilizing holds the key.
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