Thinking today about what motivates people to organize.
For me, it was out of a feeling of necessity. But in times like these, there is SO MUCH GLARING NECESSITY, yet (seemingly) very little action.
I understand why that is: people are scared, people are confused, they feel hopeless, etc. They are attending to their basic needs. Or, they figure, what’s the point? Maybe they have even tried to organize before and lost. Maybe they are just burnt out.
I find it interesting how Americans (specifically, U.S. citizens) are so complacent, even when their immediate needs are stripped from them. Is there a point when people, en masse, will actually revolt?
It is clear to me that we need the Poor People’s Campaign, and that the only way to win true change is by organizing the poor, the most impacted, and the dispossessed. But what can we do right now to engage folks who are (in many cases) fighting for their lives?
