We will not be able to achieve a more just society unless we build the social movements, above all the labor and civil rights movements. Power yields nothing unless confronted with a demand for justice. Only through a powerful social movement engaged in strikes, protest demonstrations, marches, civil disobedience and the confrontations that force power to succumb to justice will be able to make the United States a more democratic, egalitarian, and just society.
Communities struggling in their own interests must come to see the need of collaboration with others who are fighting for their rights. We must work to bring together these various social movements of peoples who struggle against discrimination in particular areas, into a broad movement of civil rights for all.
To see my thinking about some of these issues, see these articles:
