
How do underdogs, facing far stronger opponents, sometimes win? In this biweekly podcast, based on their book "Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World," Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce talk with some of the leading progressive organizers and thinkers today and share insights crucial for the fight to build a better society. You can buy the book and find out more about the show a... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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In this, our final episode of the Practical Radicals Podcast, we hear from over a dozen progressive leaders, including several former students, and reflect with them about what we’ve learned since the book Practical Radicals came out last November an... more
Most famous guides to strategy are written for overdogs. (Think of Machiavelli’s The Prince or Sun Tzu’s Art of War.) And overdogs today invest in strategic education at a scale that dwarfs anything on the left. Their commitment is captured in the sl... more
In the struggle to abolish slavery — the social movement that arguably set the template for all that followed — organizers used all seven strategies we identify in Practical Radicals. According to our guest, historian Manisha Sinha, the abolitionists... more
Underdogs often respond to systemic oppression through collective care – acts of mutual aid and cooperation with the goal of meeting people’s basic survival needs when the state fails to do so. Some people feel collective care is just what we should ... more
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This level of rigor and practicality is needed now more than ever. We need to win. For everyone.
The discussions in this podcast provide some frameworks for understanding the dynamics of the current social/political/economic situations and actionable advice for activists and organizers who want to have an impact in what often seems like a bewildering landscape.
First podcast I ever listened to. Deepak is my #1 favorite thinker on this (besides myself). I was a bit triggered by your discussion here of the GOP takeover in 2010. They ruined my state, Wisconsin, and we're still trying to recover. You're right about so many things, esp. "reverse engineering" - that's the first thing I learned about strategic planning. Imagine what success looks like - blue sky it - and then figure out how to get there. Also knowing the opposition. Look forward to more disc... more
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