On Monday evening, I was on Radio Provocateur—a great hour-long radio program on Radiohive.org hosted by Danny Valdes—to talk about my involvement and arrest on the first day of the Tar Sands Action in Washington, DC, to stop the development of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline and the importance of keeping the struggle against climate change nonviolent.
The entire interview can be streamed below or downloaded on the show’s site.
[audio: http://www.radiohive.org/podpress_trac/web/1501/0/Radioprovo-8-29-11.mp3]Movements can still find people on social media. But the real organizing has to happen somewhere else — and getting people there is the part we keep skipping.
Reflecting on decades of organizing — from Occupy to Mamdani’s campaign — Yotam Marom’s book “For Louder Days” offers a powerful guide to making hard choices.
Julie Xu, a tenant organizer in Chinatown, explains why a 20-year movement for a rent freeze pivoted — and built a coalition to elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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