A clear, expert, and inspiring guide to social change, based on case studies of grassroots movements that won, from two leading labor experts
An organizing guide in the tradition of Saul Alinsky’s classic Rules for Radicals, Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce’s Practical Radicals offers the same winning combination of history, theory, and strategy for a new generation of activists.
Through hard-hitting case studies, this ground-breaking book describes six sources of power for underdogs, and seven concrete methods that social movements can use to win: base-building, disruption, momentum, narrative shift, electoral work, inside-outside campaigns, and collective care.
Practical Radicals is based on interviews with leading organizers and showcases stories of diverse progressive movements and organizations that have won—from unions winning improvements in working people’s lives, to community
