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Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite
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Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite
If people lose sight of what democracy really is, or if they lose hope of the possibility of attaining it, then they lose their energy to fight for it. The majority of us, unlike the elite, will always lack big money, so we depend on individual and collective energy to do battle. Without such energy, the elite will easily subdue us.
Get Up, Stand Up is, in large part, about regaining that energy. There exist solid strategies and time-tested tactics that people have long used to battle the elite, and these will be detailed. However, these strategies and tactics are not sufficient. For large-scale democratic movements to have enough energy to get off the ground, certain psychological and cultural building blocks are required. With these energizing building blocks, it then becomes realistic—and not naive—to believe that large numbers of people can take the kind of actions that will produce genuine democracy. The belief that their actions can be effective provides energy to take actions, taking actions strengthens the faith, and an energizing cycle is created.
http://www.alternet.org/story/150494/get_up,_stand_up:_uniting_populists,_energizing_the_defeated,_and_battling_the_corporate_elite
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Re: Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite
Great article, thanks for posting!!
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Re: Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite
I think it is time to start this.
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