> We are trying to mobilize opponents of fascism.
An opponent of fascism is, by definition, mobilized.
> Do you really think the world is a schoolroom? You might have done better on
that strike (even persuaded more people in the long run) had you spent
less time persuading people who disagreed with you and more time mobilizing the
sympathetic. (Or perhaps your work there did not follow the theory you
promulgate on this list. I don't know your actual practice of course.)
The administration mobilized the sympathetic by their idiotic and undemocratic strategies.
In any event, it turned out to be faster and more effective to sit down with people and have an argument for a few hours than simply stop their car for 15 minutes, scream at them, and pass them a pamphlet every day for 3 weeks (to little or no avail). At least I had more success talking to students than stopping traffic.
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