With the rise of autocratic and divisive political forces, many people want to act, want to do something. But do what? The answer is organizing. And the clearest and most effective method of organizing has been complied and optimized by Marshall Ganz, well known union organizer with Cezar Chavez and the one who designed Obama’s 2008 and 2012 election campaigns. This Ourzine is a summary of his book People, Power, and Change.
This is the handbook for how one person can catalyze a community to bring forward lasting change.
Here is the original:
https://leadingchangenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Organizers_Handbook.pdf
And this is the Ourzine, ready to print.
The links below are for the PDFs of this Ourzine. If you click a link, you will notice the pages of the PDF seem all out of order; it is not designed to be read on a screen. But if you print it two sided on a duplex printer it will come out so that if you cut it in half and put one half on the other, you can read it. This pocket sized booklet, zine, or chapbook, we call an Ourzine.
Anybody who wants can visit https://rorshok.com/ourzines/ or search for Rorshok Ourzines to find us and to find more Ourzines. There, you can set up an account and make one with whatever you want in it. They’re free and there are others in the Rorshok Ourzine library you can download and print. There is even an Ourzine about Ourzines.
Creating, giving, and receiving text on paper is a time honored way to share knowledge. It’s calm and allows for reflection. No tabs, no scrolling, no links, no cookies, no notifications. There’s a beginning, middle, and end. The Ourzine you make can have whatever you want in it, poems, your or someone’s life story, sector specific news, technical information, advice, conference information and agenda, photos of a trip, a history of something, or a thesis.
What you make is completely private by default but you can mail them to people and of course just leave them around for others to find.
Or you can just download and print this one. We hope you like it!
Here is a two minute video that illustrates what they are and how they work.