Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Organizing people teaches them about life and empowerment. The most effective learning happens through direct action like picketing and boycotting.
- In plain terms
- Learning happens best when people take action together.
- What can you take from it?
- Action teaches more than theory.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What have you learned from taking action?
- How does protest teach?
Another view
Not everyone learns the same way through direct action.
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