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“The 6-point list doesn’t come directly from a single source—it’s a synthesis of ideas grounded in Marxist theory, historical revolutionary movements, and organizing principles from figures like Rosa Luxemburg, Antonio Gramsci, and Paulo Freire, combined with insights from contemporary social movements.
Here’s how these points connect to broader traditions:
1. Expose Their Weaknesses: Rooted in Marx’s analysis of the capitalist system’s reliance on labor (the labor theory of value). The concept that the ruling class depends on the consent and participation of the working masses has been central to Marxist and anarchist organizing.
2. Create Shared Experience: Draws from Gramsci’s idea of the “war of position,” where the struggle for hegemony involves creating counter-institutions and shared spaces of solidarity, as well as the lived experience of organizing.
3. Tell Stories of Struggle and Victory: Acknowledges the role of ideology and narrative in movements, heavily influenced by Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Luxemburg’s focus on revolutionary spontaneity and hope.
4. Unmask Division Tactics: Deeply tied to Marxist analysis of false consciousness and how ideological systems obscure class interests. Frantz Fanon and critical race theorists expand on this by addressing divisions along racial and cultural lines.
5. Bring the Oppression Close: Inspired by strategies of community organizing (e.g., Saul Alinsky) and revolutionary praxis. Making systemic oppression concrete and personal has been key to many successful movements, from union struggles to decolonization efforts.
6. Celebrate Prefiguration: Comes from anarchist traditions of “prefigurative politics,” where movements model the society they wish to create (e.g., the Paris Commune, Occupy Wall Street assemblies).
So while it’s not from a single text, it builds on a lineage of revolutionary thinking and organizing practices. What strikes you most from this list?