CHRIS HEDGES UPHOLDS THE WORK OF RISING TIDE! (If you agree, please pitch in: wildidahorisingtide.org/support-wirt/) “No revolt can succeed without professional revolutionists,…[who] live outside the formal structures of society. They are financially insecure...They dedicate their lives to fomenting radical change. They do not invest energy in appealing to power to reform. They are prepared to break the law. They, more than others, recognize the fragility of the structures of authority. They are embraced by a vision that makes compromise impossible. Revolution is their full-time occupation. And no revolution is possible without them. There are environmental, economic, and political grassroots movements, largely unseen by the wider society, which have severed themselves from the formal structures of power. They have formed collectives and nascent organizations dedicated to overthrowing the corporate state. They eschew the rigid hierarchical structures of past revolutionary movements – although this may change – for more amorphous collectives...All revolutionary upheavals are built by these entities. [See a list of some of these groups, with links to their websites, at the end of this article.] The revolutionists call on us to ignore the political charades and spectacles orchestrated by our oligarchic masters around electoral politics. They tell us to dismiss the liberals who look to a political system that is dead. They expose the press as an echo chamber for the elites. The revolutionist is a curious hybrid of the practical and the impractical. He or she is aware of facing nearly impossible odds. The revolutionist has at once a lucid understanding of power, along with the vagaries of human nature, and a commitment to overthrowing power. ... Here are a few of the revolutionist groups working in the United States, along with links to their websites. Popular Resistance, https://popularresistance.org/ Fight for the Future, https://fightforthefuture.org/ Backbone Campaign, backbonecampaign.org/ Rising Tide North America, risingtidenorthamerica.org/ United Workers, unitedworkers.org/ Vermont Workers’ Center, workerscenter.org/ Veterans for Peace, veteransforpeace.org/” (truthdig/report/item/why_we_need_professional_revolutionists_20141123)
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:11:56 +0000
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