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| − | '''Strategies''' are the answers to the question "How do we get from the current state to where we want to be?" | + | '''Strategies''' are the answers to the question "How do we get from the current state to where we want to be?". Essentially, a strategy is saying "We don't." |
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| − | In the past, and in the present mainstream of advocacy many strategies have considered themselves mutually exclusive to any other strategy in the interests of "[[staying on message]]". This single minded approached has been questioned by many activists, including the [http://www.newcollege.edu/activismchange New College of California Acitivism and Social Change] Program. The program advocates for a multi-strategy approach to resistance, in which multiple strategies can co-exist in a mutually beneficial manner.
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| − | ==What is a Strategy?==
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| − | This is a tough term to define, much more so than [[tactic]]s, although they share their roots in the language of militarism, which maybe a useful place to start:
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| − | :[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strategy Wiktionary definition].
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| − | The derivation of the word comes from the general's ability to see the entire battlefield from his removed and preferably elevated vantage point.
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| − | ==List of Strategies (more like Categories of Strategy)==
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| − | * [[direct action]] -
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| − | * [[electoral politics]] - the process of bringing about change by electing sympathetic representatives.
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| − | * [[game theory]] - as it applies to [[activism]] of course...
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Revision as of 05:14, 22 July 2008
Strategies are the answers to the question "How do we get from the current state to where we want to be?". Essentially, a strategy is saying "We don't."
