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How movements have been successful in the past & how they can (or not) guide now

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How movements have been successful in the past & how they can (or not) guide now

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How have progressive movements been successful in the past? What lessons can we learn form them for the present? When will certain things not work? Come discuss with us. Below are some readings and videos that may aid in discussion, but are not necessary to participate.

The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w

Bayard Rustin on the success and failures of the Civil Rights Movement (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSbGG8uM-0

A summary of Bill Moyer’s Movement Action Plan
https://commonslibrary.org/resource-bill-moyers-movement-action-plan/

The Transition Design Framework
https://transitiondesignseminarcmu.net/the-transition-design-framework/

An Introduction to Rosa Luxemburg's Mass Strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8vtuVlkglc

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