books about class and organizing

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From: SusanGSMcGee at aol.com


I discovered a book that many of you may already be familiar with 
"Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing" 
by Linda Stout, Founder of the Piedmont Peace Project, with a foreword 
by Howard Zinn, 1996 Beacon Press.
 
I find that there are very few books that talk about class in specific 
terms. (Another that I have discovered is Ruby Payne's Bridges Out of 
Poverty) There are many books who mention class as an "aside." Linda 
Stout is a feminist, a lesbian, and an organizer who focuses on class 
issues in her work building an organization focused on peace. She deals 
with issues such as: social change versus social services; principles of 
organizing; the backlash; and redefining leadership so that it is 
embodied in a group rather than an individual. She gives specific 
details about how she was discouraged, discredited and discounted as a 
working class organizer. She has a great intersectional analysis. Check 
it out.
 
Susan
 



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