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Why I'm Investing in Unified, a New Social Networking App for Organizers
Most political tech focused on the needs of campaigns and organizations; meanwhile organizers want help building activist communities.
Micah L. Sifry
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Bonus Post: Connections, Capacity, and Impact: Strategic Thinking About Political Action
A guest post by Lara Putnam on taking a "core-outward" approach to political organizing.
Micah L. Sifry
Aug 4
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An Activist Base is a Terrible Thing to Waste
More on my and Lara Putnam's NYTimes opinion piece on how the Beltway Brain churned and burned through the post-2016 surge in Democratic volunteerism…
Micah L. Sifry
Aug 2
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Why Political Campaigns Are Self-Licking Ice Cream Cones
A new book, Producing Politics, exposes the hollow and self-serving logic of campaign insiders from across the spectrum.
Micah L. Sifry
Jul 26
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Corruption Uber Alles
A big internal leak from Uber's high-flying days of bashing local governments brings up some unsavory associations. Plus, more on the internal turmoil…
Micah L. Sifry
Jul 12
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Data as the New Soil, Not Oil
A conversation with futurist Jerry Michalski about how we need to build a "betterverse," not the metaverse.
Micah L. Sifry
Jul 5
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Data as the New Soil, Not Oil
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What Happens After We March?
How abortion rights activists can learn from the organizing practices of the civil rights movement.
Micah L. Sifry
Jun 28
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What Happens After We March?
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The Seven-Minute Abs of Electioneering
Why just-in-time, top-down, data-driven campaigning and celebrity endorsements can't beat the power of actual community-building.
Micah L. Sifry
Jun 21
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