Developing Radical & Revolutionary Approaches to Reform Struggles

In the past year New York Study Group has been trying to tackle the tough questions about the relationship between contemporary reform struggles and the long-term revolutionary process here in the United States. Through our observation of and participation in local struggles in New York City and through our collective study and reflection, we learned hard lessons from defeats but also gained inspirations through victories. Our reform struggles open up exciting new possibilities, but we also know that old tactics are not enough to effectively win struggles in this day and age and that we need to change the way we do our work if we want to lay the groundwork for a more radical movement in the long run. In this workshop, the New York Study Group will be convening radical organizers from around the country to reflect on their reform struggles and to dialogue about how we need to do our work differently if we are serious about building a more relevant left and stronger mass movements.