Beyond Magical Thinking: How to Really Make Change Happen


By Mark Rudd
CounterPunch
December 28, 2009


Successful political movements do not spring fully formed. They require long-term, nuts-and-bolts organizing.


Since the summer of 2003, I've crisscrossed the country speaking at colleges and theaters and bookstores, first with The Weather Underground documentary and, starting in March of this year, with my book, Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen (William Morrow, 2009). In discussions with young people, they often tell me, “Nothing anyone does can ever make a difference.â€