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Core Dilemmas of Community Organizing: Social Class and Social Action

by: educationaction

Sat Apr 12, 2008 at 19:22

(Another instalment in this excellent series that's garnering more and more attention as time goes on.  Don't be left out... - promoted by Paul Rosenberg)

People from different cultures have different ways of organizing themselves for collective action.   Here, I talk about differences between people from working-class and middle-class professional backgrounds.

It's important to stress that I am not talking about individuals, but instead cultural patterns that play out (or don't) uniquely in different contexts. These patterns can illuminate why groups act the way they do, but they can't predict how any individual will act, and don't capture everything (and sometimes don't say much at all) about a particular group.  In this post I am talking about approaches to social action fairly broadly, and not simply within the tradition of Alinsky-based organizing.

Those new to these posts may want to read Part I and Part II of "What is Organizing?"  See the full series here.

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