Strategy

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Strategy

India Walton Wins With People Power

Harper S.E. Bishop

Score a win for determined organizing and movement politics: India Walton’s upset victory in Buffalo.

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Key to Strategy #2: Know Yourself

By

Max Elbaum

The Left’s strategic thinking and degree of coordination have advanced substantially since 2015…but we trail our opponents.

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Labor and the Art of Big Tent Construction

By

Kim Fellner

How can unions build a sense of shared community interest among members of differing backgrounds and opinions?