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25: are we in the success stage now?
Success often doesn't feel like success because of the backlash paradox: Authoritarians escalate violence when they lose control, not when they’re st…
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24: continuing success
There is no end. There is only the continuing struggle, acted out in cycles of social movements. The process of winning one set of demands creates ne…
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23: the pitfalls of success
The movement needs to recognize successes achieved, follow up on the demands won, raise larger issues, focus on other demands which are in various st…
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22: what success looks like
Today we're going through steps 6 - 7 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements).
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21: overcoming disempowerment
"Rather than feeling depressed and powerless, activists now need to recognize the power and success of themselves and their movement." - Bill Moyer
To…
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20: remember, you're not powerless.
Today we're going through steps 4 - 5 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements).
In stage 5, large swaths…
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19: the identity crisis of powerlessness
"The crisis of identity + powerless is a personal crisis for activists. After the experience of a movement in take-off stage, their view of the world…
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18: when a movement takes off
Today we're going through steps 3-4 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements).
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what can we do? || 17: admit things aren't normal
Today we're going through steps 1 - 3 of Bill Moyer's 1987 Movement Action Plan (A Framework for Effective Social Movements).
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what can we do? || 16: WIN PUBLIC SENTIMENT
We are in a war for the hearts, minds, and support of the general public. The power holders are violating our values, so we have to raise consciousne…
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