Rule Number 1. An Organizer has no power. Zilch. All we have is words.

Our opponents are tightly organized with no internal opposition. The leaders of modern corporate, NGO and political power structures do not have to persuade their minions of the wisdom of their orders – they fire anybody who disobeys. They also have access to the kind of money that buys off a human conscience. And, if all else fails, they have control over the instruments of state violence – and just plain old violence.

All we have is words. An organizer makes suggestions to people to change reality by working together toward specific ends. Nobody has to do what we suggest, and almost never do. Only when enough people are seriously disturbed by something will you get anybody to listen at all, and that is just the first tiny step in the process of organizing.
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