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'''Community organizing''' is an act of gathering individuals in a group for the promotion of like-minded interests. Community organizing attempts to influence decision-making bodies such as a [[corporation]] and [[government]] to address interests of the group.  

'''Community organizing''' is an act of gathering individuals in a group for the promotion of like-minded interests. Community organizing attempts to influence decision-making bodies such as a [[corporation]] and [[government]] to address interests of the group.  

In one type of community organizing, there is a leadership structure called the community organizer and they utilize methods such as picketing, protests, [[voting]], strikes, and sometimes [[violence]] as means to achieve their goals, eg. [[Weather Underground]] and [[William Ayers]]. Community organizing efforts includes the building of coalitions and may be founded in grassroots (built from scratch), [[faith]]-based (members of a church), civic-based or [[labor union]]-based. In the 21st century, it is common to forge community organizing for the [[political]] means of electing a candidate or enacting a policy.

 

In one type of community organizing, there is a leadership structure called the community organizer and they utilize methods such as picketing, protests, [[voting]], strikes, and sometimes [[violence]] as means to achieve their goals, e.g. [[Weather Underground]] and [[William Ayers]]. Community organizing efforts includes the building of coalitions and may be founded in grassroots (built from scratch), [[faith]]-based (members of a church), civic-based or [[labor union]]-based. In the 21st century, it is common to forge community organizing for the [[political]] means of electing a candidate or enacting a policy.

==Rebirth of the SDS==

==Rebirth of the SDS==

In 2006 a group of former [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) members and sympathizers known as the Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) re-founded the SDS for a new generation of [[professor value|college students]]. MDS functions as a support group for the new SDS's 130 college chapters. Independent researcher Trevor Louden refers to MDS as "the brains behind the SDS brawn."<ref>[http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-file-30-former-terrorists-bill.html [[Obama]] File 30: Former [[Terrorist]]s [[Bill Ayers]] and [[Bernardine Dohrn]] Involved in Key Pro-Obama Organisation,] Trevor Louden, New Zeal blog, September 21, 2008.</ref> The group sponsored the "SDS Comic Roadshow" as a means of promoting the new organization and a book about the "graphic history of SDS." Paul Buhle edited the book, Harvey Pekar wrote it and Nick Thorkelson, a cartoonist illustrated a section of the book dealing with the Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP) in Hazard, [[Kentucky]] in the mid 1960s.

In 2006 a group of former [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) members and sympathizers known as the Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) re-founded the SDS for a new generation of [[professor value|college students]]. MDS functions as a support group for the new SDS's 130 college chapters. Independent researcher Trevor Louden refers to MDS as "the brains behind the SDS brawn."<ref>[http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-file-30-former-terrorists-bill.html [[Obama]] File 30: Former [[Terrorist]]s [[Bill Ayers]] and [[Bernardine Dohrn]] Involved in Key Pro-Obama Organisation,] Trevor Louden, New Zeal blog, September 21, 2008.</ref> The group sponsored the "SDS Comic Roadshow" as a means of promoting the new organization and a book about the "graphic history of SDS." Paul Buhle edited the book, Harvey Pekar wrote it and Nick Thorkelson, a cartoonist illustrated a section of the book dealing with the Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP) in Hazard, [[Kentucky]] in the mid 1960s.

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[ACORN]]

* [[ACORN]]

* [[Barack Obama]]

* [[Barack Obama]]

* [[Front organization]]

* [[Front organization]]

* [[Bill Ayers]]

*[[2018 Migrant caravan]]

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Organizations]]

[[Category:Organizations]]

[[Category:Marxist terminology]]

[[Category:Marxist Terminology]]