Organizing Versus Activism

JS Richard describes the difference between activism and organizing, arguing that activism is politically ineffective and should be abandoned for an organizing approach.  This is further afield than our usual workplace organizing pieces, but is […]

Stunts Aren’t Tactics

There is a crucial difference between pulling “stunts” on the boss, and deploying tactics: only the latter mobilizes collective power.  There’s a moment in the IWW organizer training when we describe the scenario of a […]