Why activism has not won socialism

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Wed Jul 24 11:02:59 PDT 2002


On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Nathan Newman wrote:


> The key is to expand that power-- and the only place our power comes
> from is expanded troops at the grassroots. Each door knock helps
> identify additional support and may help to convince new people to see
> the world our way. This is supplemented by the cultural work and
> varieties of ideological struggle we promote intellectually, but that
> only matters ultimately if someone sits down one-on-one to move people
> along. It may be through blitz organizing or "each one, teach one"
> chains of debate and contact, but it has to happen.

Are they any such talking campaigns now in action that a normal Joe like me could join?

Michael



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