I think both the original and the counterpoint are compelling (and Tim Burke's substack, I think he's not on here though?)
I do not have the bandwidth to blog a full rejoinder to Zeynep's latest NYT piece. So I'm gonna write it as a quick thread instead. Her thesis is that the effectiveness of mass protest (particularly campus protest) has waned, and social media is the main culprit. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/o...
It’s time for organizers to invent a new model.
@bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us is who you’re looking for I believe!
Substack - gets into also the question of mass protests generally. I'm not a social movements scholar but it sure seems to me that big protests have waning efficacy/function. open.substack.com/pub/timothyb...
Friday's Child Is Still Looking For Change
His substack was excellent on this topic, and what led me to the piece.