ELEPHANT IN THE ZOOM Meltdowns Have Brought Progressive Advocacy Groups to a Standstill at a Critical Moment in World History (schadenfreud alert)

The Intercept ^ | June 13, 2022 | Ryan Grim

[DoodleBob]

..."The most zealous ones at my organization when it comes to race are white,” said one Black executive director at a different organization, asking for anonymity so as not to provoke a response from that staff."

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...Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and other reproductive health organizations had similarly been locked in knock-down, drag-out fights between competing factions of their organizations, most often breaking down along staff-versus-management lines. It’s also true of the progressive advocacy space across the board, which has, more or less, effectively ceased to function. The Sierra Club, Demos, the American Civil Liberties Union, Color of Change, the Movement for Black Lives, Human Rights Campaign, Time’s Up, the Sunrise Movement, and many other organizations have seen wrenching and debilitating turmoil in the past couple years.

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And then, sometime in the summer (of 2021), the forward momentum stalled...most of the foundation-backed organizations that make up the backbone of the party’s ideological infrastructure were still spending their time locked in virtual retreats, Slack wars, and healing sessions, grappling with tensions over hierarchy, patriarchy, race, gender, and power. ...

The silence stems partly, one senior leader in an organization said, from a fear of feeding right-wing trolls who are working to undermine the left. Adopting their language and framing ('cancel culture’ or ‘callout culture') feels like surrendering to malign forces, but ignoring it has only allowed the issues to fester.

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The reckoning was in many ways long overdue, forcing organizations to deal with persistent problems of inclusion, equity, and poor management. “Progressive organizations are run like sh--,” acknowledged one executive director, arguing that the movement puts emphasis on leadership — more often called “servant leadership” now — but not enough on basic management. “I have all the degrees, but I don’t have a management degree.”

[DoodleBob]

This is a long article - the Cliffs Notes version is that the wokesters are attacking and name-calling their leftist not-for-profit employers as if they were conservatives.

[Lurker]

Let’s help destroy themselves.

That would be fun.

L

[pingman]

Revolutionaries make lousy managers.

[Nateman]

For all of this alleged internal dissent the Left sure does manage to march their jackboots in formation. Their hive mind is almost like the Borg in totality.

[Big Red Badger]

Yes ,I miss my Woke Job of
15 years. Bunch of Jackles and frightened rabbits feeding on themselves. They
Can Destroy all they consider wrong with the World and never look in the mirror.

[PTBAA]

“Revolutionaries make lousy managers.”

Just wait!

After they destroy the most successful and egalitarian society in human history, they will manage the hell out of the smoking chaos and a new and wonderful Utopia will arise.

[Boomer]

When the Piranha eat their own the best thing to do is nothing at all until the last one alive comes for you. Then kill it.

[Aeneas2112]

“Rule 4: Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. “You can kill them with this.....”

Saul (you magnificent bastard) Alinsky

[SunkenCiv]

..."The most zealous ones at my organization when it comes to race are white,” said one Black executive director at a different organization, asking for anonymity so as not to provoke a response from that staff."

IOW both the executive director and the white zealots are racist bigots.

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[vpintheak]

This makes me happy. Let them eat their own.

[markman46]

They don’t like the cancel culture either 🤣🤣

[Aeneas2112]

“Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself”

-Napoleon Bonaparte

[cockroach_magoo]

After they destroy the most successful and egalitarian society in human history, they will manage the hell out of the smoking chaos and a new and wonderful Utopia will arise.

Absolutely!

Look at the central planners they've chosen for us! Brilliant!

Finally, a chance to do socialism right!!!

[lapsus calami]

 

 

I've always known this was the situation. There is no honor among thieves, everyone wants to be a chief and never an indian. They are never as organized, never in lockstep as they may appear or try to project. There's always factions with agendas inside agendas ultimately pursuing and protecting their own interests, exploiting the resources of the larger movement to advance their own positions, which always involves graft, fiduciary misconduct on whatever scale they can get away with organizing. The good news is that it's a weakness that can be exploited to disrupt or even bring down the overall organization or movement. Thanks for posting.

 

 

[DoodleBob]

Let’s help destroy themselves. That would be fun.

It'd be pretty easy.

Go to a riot, erm...let's say, a pro-infanticide, um, abortion rally.

Find out who's in charge...it'll prolly be some white lady, Karen Fusmucker, a Harvard grad.

Go to the organizing table to pick up your pre-printed signs. Then start...

"You know, I heard Ms Fusmucker rejected our unionization idea. Something like 'I don't give a rats a-- about pay equity...we need to keep the donations coming.' Ya know...as an anti-racist, I have to call out that capitalist imperial, language. And you know what? How did a white cisgender come to run the organization? I demand a vote. In fact, I cannot support this reproductive rights rally until every one of our voices are heard. We cannot help our birthing sisters until we help ourselves.

"Who's with me? let's go..."

[LegendHasIt]

Bolsheviks Vs. Mensheviks.

Doesn’t matter which side wins, the society is destroyed.

[Antoninus]

Want to cause turmoil in one of these orgs? Start accusing the white progressive leaders of racism for not stepping down and giving up their positions to those of disadvantaged groups. They are being hypocritical and not accepting of a cultural humility if they do not.

Do that, and watch the sparks fly.

[Seruzawa]

Thieves fall out.

These are all criminal organizations with misleading names.

[PerConPat]

As always, the left's intellectual vanguard are oblivious to the fact that they are their own worst enemies. Their inability to rein in childish, unrealistic schemes results in pandemonium wherever they pollute the body politic.

[Brian Griffin]

American Cultural Revolution Time