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Link from article: This is it: The Assembly Details

I thought of sharing this not so much because I agree with everything said in it, but because I think as a topic, it could be a great conversation starter.

For example at some point he says something I don't agree with:

In 2015, when I was researching in London, we helped set up the Radical Assemblies movement. Thousands took part. Within six months, it collapsed.

Why?

No structure. No clear plan. Too much chaos.

Personally I see this very differently. Not saying that I'm right and he's wrong. Just saying.

I think many of the powerful social movements or just interesting ones actually, after the 2008 crisis and until the pandemic (including the Arab Spring of course), they were somehow connected to online communication. This article's take reminds me of the opinion of some marxists, leninists etc saying "these movements failed because there was no leaders with a clear plan". I don't agree with this kind of thinking.

I don't see them as failures. On the contrary, I see them as part of a bottom-up social process of organising, in order to reclaim our space in the social sphere and in decision making processes. They are part of an evolution, imo.

Please, read my take with a grain of salt and some good faith. I don't claim I am able to resume my limited knowledge and understanding of a decade or so of activism, in a few sentences. It's more of an attempt of mine to start a conversation by talking about some of my thoughts, hoping you will share yours.