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Power Concedes Nothing—How Grassroots Organizing Wins Elections

9/28/2022

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Edited by Linda Burnham, Max Elbaum, and Maria Poblet (OR Books)
by Peter Olney
https://washingtonspectator.org/power-concedes-nothing-review/
 
For me, from the moment that Trump launched his campaign announcing his white supremacist, anti-immigrant agenda, it was clear that he presented a danger to democracy and was an avatar for all the evils that have plagued our republic since its founding. 2016 was not a moment for equivocation or support for quixotic candidates like Dr. Jill Stein. History has absolved this viewpoint. The reversal of Roe v. Wade is only the most stunning result of a failure to pivot to support for Clinton in the general election (as candidate Sanders did that year).
Power Concedes Nothing is a consolidated anthem from the unions and immigrant rights, civil rights, and community groups that learned the lessons of 2016 and went all out in 2020 to defeat Trump and his minions up and down the ballot. There are 22 individual chapters written by over 40 organizer-authors. They have grasped that as a serious left, we do not stand on the sidelines and make excuses for our inaction by critiquing the obvious and enduring campaign and policy defects of corporate Democrats. We enter the fray eyes wide open, understanding that we are bound together in common purpose, which requires clarity about our enemy and sobriety about the weaknesses and duplicity of our temporary allies. The Trump years have schooled a lot of folks about the necessity of this united front. 
 
An important review  by our ally and labor organizer Peter Onley.  

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Michael Dover
10/9/2022 04:39:52 pm

I haven't read it yet, but hope to soon. I've proposed it as a chapter book club book, what say this be proposed in as many chapters as possible?

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