“Lessons From #Gramsci For Today’s Social Movements”

by Mark Engler and Paul Engler in
#TruthDig @truthdig

“Too often, mainstream approaches to politics see all power as residing in the government, especially at the federal level, and they see electing winnable centrists to office as the key to promoting progress.

Gramsci tells us that power is everywhere, and that holding office is only valuable as part of a larger movement strategy to rally hearts and minds around a genuinely progressive vision.

At the other end of the spectrum, many people working outside of government pursue change in only one area — at the level of a single workplace, school, church, food cooperative or neighborhood initiative — without connecting their efforts to a more comprehensive project of change. Gramsci encourages movements to pursue wide-ranging interventions, but always to unite them as part of a common program to transform society.“

“If movements for justice are to win, they must work to construct new identities and alliances, built through engagement with the diverse institutions and sites of political conflict that make up peoples’ lives.”

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/lessons-from-gramsci-for-todays-social-movements/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-from-gramsci-for-todays-social-movements

#Truthdig is back!
https://www.truthdig.com/about-us/

#IlhanOmar Says More Death Threats Coming Since #Trump Pushed Video

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/omar-says-more-death-threats-coming-since-trump-pushed-video/

#TruthDig