22 Readings from the Progressive Devotional

Each week at New Organizing Institute, we take a little time to read and discuss an important essay, speech or report on organizing and new media. I've only been here a couple of weeks, but I already look forward to these selections for their intellectual depth and the broad range of perspectives and topic matter.

This week, Santiago shared "Solidarity," by S.A. Stocker:

Solidarity

We'd love to see your recommendations for the NOI team reading. Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook to share your links and to receive future selections. To get you started, here are our 22 most recent selections (we also keep this list up to date on our wiki):

Organizing for Social Change (Ch 1 & 2) - Midwest Academy (2001 Ed) 

Rules for Radicals - Alinsky's Rules for Power

"Letter from Birmingham Jail" - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Citizenship and the Transformation of American Society Ch 1 - Dalton

Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg - The New Yorker

Youth, Social Justice, and Communities: Toward a Theory of Urban Youth Policy

"A Bridge, Not a Wedge" - Mab Segrest

National Journal Magazine - In New Media, Image is Everything

The Campus Anti-Sweatshop Movement 

Some Revolution - Ed Kilgore

The Wizard of Beck - David Books 

We Have the Hope. Now Where's the Audacity? - Peter Dreier and Marshall Ganz 

Tea Party Org Memo - The Right Principles 

Why David Sometimes Wins, Ch 1 - Marshall Ganz 

"Politics and the English Language" - George Orwell 

Video: "Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man" 

30-second ad spots for the 2008 Prop 8 contest in CA:

yes on 8

no on 8 

Radio Debate Podcast over Pro-Gay Marriage Bill (MP3)

"Young, Black, and Post-Civil Rights" - Terence Samuel

Predictably Irrational, Ch 2 - Dan Ariely 

"How David Beats Goliath" - Malcolm Gladwell

And if you're interested in this kind of thing, you might also want to become a Dining Organizer.