Teeny tiny earthquake.What is a grassroots movement?
one you agree with?We often hear an organisation being described as a “grassroots movement”.
What is a grassroots movement?
Are there movements that are not “grassroots”?
We often hear an organisation being described as a “grassroots movement”.
What is a grassroots movement?
Are there movements that are not “grassroots”?
Is Momentum a grassroots movement?One that works from the bottom up, hence the name.
Tons.
I saw an historian claiming that the Anti-Nazi League was a grassroots movement, but I dispute that. I think that ANL was founded by a certain central committee. It was not based on existing campaigns against racism and fascism, such as those that organised the anti-fascist protests in Wood Green and Lewisham.one you agree with?
Yes it was very top down no democratic structure at all: in all its incarnations. Just like current SWP fronts LMHR-SUTR and of course Hope Not HateI saw an historian claiming that the Anti-Nazi League was a grassroots movement, but I dispute that. I think that ANL was founded by a certain central committee. It was not based on existing campaigns against racism and fascism, such as those that organised the anti-fascist protests in Wood Green and Lewisham.
For the second no: at least Momentum has some vestigesIs Momentum a grassroots movement?
Is Stand Up to Racism a grassroots movement?
I think it would be fair to say that some of its local, activity was often initiated at grassroots levelI saw an historian claiming that the Anti-Nazi League was a grassroots movement, but I dispute that. I think that ANL was founded by a certain central committee. It was not based on existing campaigns against racism and fascism, such as those that organised the anti-fascist protests in Wood Green and Lewisham.
It definitely had a spontaneous element. Me and several schoolmates went along to the demos, and eventually to the occasional meeting, aged 14-15, and we'd only vaguely heard of the SWP. We were more inspired by the more political punk elements, and a simple wish not to see our black and Asian mates picked on just for being who they were.I think it would be fair to say that some of its local, activity was often initiated at grassroots level
Yes. you have expressed what I was thinking: it something is a movement, it must have "grass roots".Yeah, I think with any of these things it's easy to have clear categories in your head but real-life movements rarely fit into these kinds of clear-cut binaries, cos any movement that has any activity at all will likely rely on some kind of grassroots enthusiasm.
Think it's probably fair to say Enough is Enough isn't a great example though.
We often hear an organisation being described as a “grassroots movement”.
What is a grassroots movement?
Are there movements that are not “grassroots”?
The huge decline in the membership of the Conservative Party occurred long before Cameron.There are movements that began as grass roots and then made the mistake of thinking the grass roots don't matter.
Blair did that with Labour, when he tried to wean the party away from union funding and to isolate the constituency party members. It turned round for a while under Corbyn, but now it feels like it's going back the other way.
Cameron looked at the Blair model and decided it was a good idea that would work for the Tories. So they started to ignore the membership, which in the 1950s numbered in the millions but has now diminished to an extremist rump. This now looks like it might be terminal. Which would
Is Momentum a grassroots movement?
Is Stand Up to Racism a grassroots movement?
I did not mean to imply otherwise. But I've seen commentary recently that suggests the decline accelerated significantly under Cameron.The huge decline in the membership of the Conservative Party occurred long before Cameron.
Didn't someone on here years ago say that they'd known him in real life, and the whole David Brent act was no act?
antifa was pretty democraticYes it was very top down no democratic structure at all: in all its incarnations. Just like current SWP fronts LMHR-SUTR and of course Hope Not Hate
The. Only anti-fascist group with a democratic structure in any sense was AFA