An organizer talks about what it takes to move from a reactionary position to one where we fight for the power to govern: ‘I think this question of, “How do we move from just being in the mode of resistance and rebellion to actually figuring out how we actually reorganize society?” I think that is the central question for our movements and for our generation and for those of us who really want to deal with the fundamental problems that produced a Trump presidency in the first place and that are producing these right-wing populist movements all across the world. Fundamentally, I think part of what we have to do, really, is be clear on what we mean when we talk about a revolution.’
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