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Richard Moser articles

Richard Moser has 40 years experience as an organizer and activist in the labor, student, peace, and community movements. Moser is author of "New Winter Soldiers: GI and Veteran Dissent During the Vietnam Era," and co-editor with Van Gosse of "The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America.” He writes from Colorado. Be sure to take a look at his website, Be Freedom.

The Movement and Elections

October 7, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

The Movement and Elections

We are in desperate need of grassroots rebellion and empowerment on many fronts and for many reasons. And, the social movements remain the best source of people with the capacity to undertake electoral work as transformative project.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Democracy Protests, Election History, Green Party News, LGBT People and Democracy, Redistricting, Socialism and Labor, Third Party

The Alternative Electoral Strategy

October 2, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Alternative Electoral Strategy

Can third parties become a force for reversing voter suppression? Maximizing vote totals might require focus on some states and not others without regard for how this helps or hurts the Democrats.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Electoral College, Green Party News, Independent Politicians, Third Party, Voter Access, Voter Suppression

Push, Pull, Pivot: On Electoral Strategy

October 1, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Electoral Strategy

There is no threat of exit without somewhere to exit to. It is, after all, what we do that matters, not what the politicians or candidates do. Consider adopting the strategic sense of Martin Luther King.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Civil Rights Era, Democrats, Election History, Green Party News, Occupy Wall Street, Third Party

Towards A Transformative Electoral Strategy

September 28, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Transformative Electoral Strategy

The inside/outside strategy, first and foremost, requires a shift in outlook and consciousness. The lesser of two evils, non-voters and protest voters need to start acting like we are all part of a movement.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights Era, Democrats, Minority Voting Rights, Political Lobbying, Third Party, Voter Registration

The Ties that Binds Us: Lesser of Two Evils

September 25, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Lesser of Two Evils

While the leading segments of the labor and social movements often employ all sorts of creative and inspiring tactics and campaigns and can master hard-knuckle negotiations with the boss, their electoral programs lack innovation or forceful negotiations

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, Green Party News, Socialism and Labor, Third Party

Triangulation: An Electoral Strategy

September 24, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Triangulation

One of the most powerful achievements of the two-party system has been to effectively limit political competition in a nation still widely regarded as a democracy. These limits are enforced by law and procedure but are also the results of the strategy of Triangulation.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Afghanistan, Independent Politicians, Iraq, Third Party

Every Four Years: Towards a Transformative Electoral Strategy

September 3, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Every Four Years

The people are the single most important part of the electoral system, not the party elites. But, if we continue to do what we have always done, we will just get more of what we have always gotten.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Protests, Democrats, Green Party News, Occupy Wall Street, Racism and Prejudice, Third Party

Transformative Movement Culture and Inside/Outside Strategy

August 30, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Transformative Movement Culture

The search for the “right line” or debates about the “agent of history” continues to shape the inner life of radical movements and consumes tremendous energies better spent organizing.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Civil Rights Era, Democracy Protests, Election History, LGBT People and Democracy, Occupy Wall Street, Political Lobbying, Socialism and Labor, Third Party

Strategic Choreography and the Inside/Outside Strategy (IOS)

August 27, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Strategic Choreography Ella Baker

The power of coalitions flows from the age-old political logic that rulers must divide to conquer and that we must unite and coordinate our fragmented and scattered forces to win.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: African-American Voting Rights, Capitalism and Big Business, Democracy Protests, Election History, Political Lobbying, Racism and Prejudice, Socialism and Labor

What is the Inside/Outside Strategy (IOS)?

August 25, 2015 by Richard Moser Leave a Comment

Inside/Outside Strategy

The inside/outside strategy is a way to understand how the disparate currents of the labor and social movements could converge, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: African-American Voting Rights, Capitalism and Big Business, Democracy Protests, Election Methods, Independent Politicians, LGBT People and Democracy, Socialism and Labor, Third Party

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