In 1988, as a supporter of Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign, I traveled throughout the South organizing and writing. Selma, AL was one of my stopping points. My schedule put me in the historic town right at the time of the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, which commemorates the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. (That’s the civil description; I prefer to call it “Bloody Sunday,” which most vividly and accurately describes the event.)
Maximizing the Power That We Have
The U.S. working class has been conditioned over the years to believe it has no individual power, and therefore it can never have collective power. This false narrative has had a negative impact on our approach to resistance.
