Issue 389 - October 2008
Leaders and Leadership
- Defying Conventions
- Is Storytelling Effective?
- Del Martin on Lesbian Pride - in 1956
In This Issue
 The Republican Party Host Committee bribed St. Paul to violate protesters' rights. The city, and Homeland Security, complied. |
 By Betsy Leondar-Wright reviewing Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life and It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics. |
 The solidarity of a cooperative front can replace a tight fist of security. |
| From the Editor's Desk | ||
| Let the Politicians Come to Us: Garrison on Conscientiously Refusing to Vote | It is not the duty of every abolitionist to be a voter. It is the duty of every voter to be an abolitionist. | |
| March on Ballot Boxes to Eradicate Poverty: King on Combining Direct Action & Suffrage | Truth crushed to earth will rise again. | |
| Preventing a Purge of Voting Rights in 2008 | Trying to use the Help America Vote Act to keep Americans from Voting. | |
| The Tyranny of Structurelessness | Structurelessness is a way of masking power, usually most strongly advocated by the most powerful. | |
| The Tyranny of Tyranny | Small groups aren't the problem. They're the solution. | |
| Principles for Feminist Leadership: Struggling to Share Power | When we become so afraid of conflict that we stop challenging, we take power away from our organization. | |
| Rethinking Leadership: Ella Baker as Role-Model | Good leadership creates opportunities for others to expand their potential to become leaders themselves. | |
| Reporter Arrested at Democratic Convention: His Crime? Reporting on How Money Fuels Politics | Shoved off the sidewalk; threatened with arrest for blocking traffic. | |
| Following the Money | Blue Dogs take cash from AT&T and give telecoms immunity. | |
| Singing in Spite of Fear: Overcoming Violence at the Republican National Convention | We have two great instincts: to stay safe, and to get into the action. | |
| Celebrating the Co-Mother of Lesbian Feminism: Del Martin: May 5, 1921 -- August 27, 2008 | She had the courage to be herself when the world offered only condemnation. | |
| No Need to Steal From Our Own Gardens: The Spiritual Memoir of Global Solidarity Activist Marisa Handler | By Julie Oxenberg reviewing Loyal to the Sky:Notes from an Activist. | |
| Alternative Economics Resources | ||
| Letter to the Editors: Don't Fan the Flames of a New Cold War | ||
| Bits & Peaces |
