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On AlterNet: organizing

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "organizing"

Social Movements 2.0: Harnessing the Power of the Web for Change

Social Movements 2.0: Harnessing the Power of the Web for Change

Brendan Smith, Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher, The Nation. January 16, 2009.
Social networking tools can help people reach across national and workplace borders, outflank bosses and politicians and wield collective power.

Pension Funds Collapse: The End of Retirement?

Pension Funds Collapse: The End of Retirement?

Shamus Cooke, Information Clearing House. December 19, 2008.
Unless things change fast, history will show that the phenomenon of "retirement" was limited to one generation.

Yes We Can (Have Economic Justice), but We Need to Fight Like Hell for it

Yes We Can (Have Economic Justice), but We Need to Fight Like Hell for it

Arun Gupta, Indypendent. November 7, 2008.
We need to band together and organize powerful new movements across this country.

Unions Create Their Own MoveOn

Unions Create Their Own MoveOn

David Moberg, The Nation. September 1, 2008.
Meet Working America: a 2.5 million online member organization created by the AFL-CIO with a working-class base and a strategy to win.

Domestic Workers Unite!

Domestic Workers Unite!

Lizzy Ratner, The Nation. June 13, 2008.
Domestic workers in America are among the most economically exploited and vulnerable to abuse by their employers.

Fired UAW Organizers: Shortcuts Hurt Unions in South

Fired UAW Organizers: Shortcuts Hurt Unions in South

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. March 11, 2008.
The “Freightliner Five” were fired after leading a strike against givebacks.

Taking Unions Out of the Workplace

Taking Unions Out of the Workplace

Nelson Lichtenstein, Comment Is Free. November 29, 2007.
The AFL-CIO's unconventional — and surprisingly successful — strategy to make American organized labor politically powerful again.

Do You Have a Minute to Save Progressive Politics?

Greg Bloom, In These Times. October 19, 2006.
With low wages, long hours, and constant uphill battles, the canvassing industry is burning out progressive youth, and progressive organizations are fighting attempts to change the system.