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Justice & Sovereignty for Haiti

FastForum is a monthly forum on hot topics in organizing. This month, we asked: As the disaster in Haiti reaches into its second month, what insights can the left offer to influence the mainstream response to Haiti? What strategies for a just and sovereign Haitian recovery should left organizers in the U.S. take up?

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Electoral Work & Grassroots Organizing

FastForum is a monthly forum about hot topics in organizing. This month, we asked: How does electoral work support or undermine grassroots organizing efforts?

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Lessons from the Health Care Fight

Welcome to Fast Forum, the new addition to Organizing Upgrade. Every month, we will pick a hot topic and ask several organizers across the country to weigh in. This month, we asked six organizers for their reflections on the question: What can left organizers learn from the fight over healthcare? Contributors include: Jonathan Kissam, Michael Leon Guerrero, Terry Marshall, Jennifer Flynn, Trishul Siddharthan and Randy Jackson.

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