A grocery store worker reflects on his experience attending the latest installment of Jane McAlevey’s “Organizing for Power” series. This article was first published by Organizing Work.
Despite the regular use of words like “empowerment,” and “participation,” it seemed that what was on offer was a model in which the organizer molds more-or-less pliable material. Questions about strategy, or even tactics, are never posed to the objects of organizing.
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