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Beyond the traditional coalition

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	<p><br><span style="">This page was created from the coalition training offered in French by the HUB. We hope to soon offer this training to our anglophone audience.</span></p>		<p><br><span style="">This page was created from the coalition training offered in French by the HUB. We hope to soon offer this training to our anglophone audience.</span></p>

	= ~~Beyond the traditional coalition~~ =		=Traditional coalitions =
	<p><span style="">Here are some </span>'''<span style="">challenging</span>'''<span style=""> aspects of traditional coalition work (based on HUB community members' experiences and past movement literature)</span></p><p><span style=""></span></p>		<p><span style="">Here are some </span>'''<span style="">challenging</span>'''<span style=""> aspects of traditional coalition work (based on HUB community members' experiences and past movement literature)</span></p><p><span style=""></span></p>

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	= Agile Coalition =		= Agile Coalition =
	== Basis of agile coalitions ==		== Basis of agile coalitions ==

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Cultural ingredients

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1. First contact with affinity groups.

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	=== 1. First contact with affinity groups. ===		=== 1. First contact with affinity groups. ===
	<p><span style="">Here are principles that can help you choose the people and groups with whom you begin working or enter into dialogue.</span></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">~~ “Less~~ is ~~more”~~</span>'''</p><p><span style="">“ </span>''<span style="">The 'less is more' approach has helped avoid lowest-common-denominator positions, which result in coalitions ending up a 'mile wide and an inch deep' and tending to only agree on what they reject rather than on what they support</span>''<span style=""> .” </span><span style="">-</span></p>[https://commonslibrary.org/five-principles-for-building-powerful-coalitions/ Power in Coalition]<p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">~~ "~~Diversity "</span>'''</p><p><span style="">“</span>''<span style="">It is necessary to identify partners who have the right combination of power, interest and, potentially, unpredictability. </span><span style="">Power should not be narrowly defined. </span><span style="">It includes not only "organized numbers and money", but also diversity. </span><span style="">After all, if the coalition cannot represent all of the people it claims to represent, its capacity to act is limited.~~ ~~</span><span style="">(Tattersall 2010, 171)."</span>''<br></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">~~“Nothing~~ about us without ~~us”~~ <ref>https://climatefalsesolutions.org/solutions-reelles-pour-la-justice-climatique-2/</ref> </span>'''<sup class="reference"></sup></p><p><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"></sup></p>		<p><span style="">Here are principles that can help you choose the people and groups with whom you begin working or enter into dialogue.</span></p>
			<p><br></p>
			<p>'''<span style="">Less is more</span>'''</p>
			<li><span style="">“</span>''<span style="">The 'less is more' approach has helped avoid lowest-common-denominator positions, which result in coalitions ending up a 'mile wide and an inch deep' and tending to only agree on what they reject rather than on what they support</span>''<span style=""> .” </span><span style="">-</span></li>

			[https://commonslibrary.org/five-principles-for-building-powerful-coalitions/ Power in Coalition]<p><br></p>
			<p>'''<span style="">Diversity</span>'''</p>
			<li><span style="">“</span>''<span style="">It is necessary to identify partners who have the right combination of power, interest and, potentially, unpredictability. </span><span style="">Power should not be narrowly defined. </span><span style="">It includes not only "organized numbers and money", but also diversity. </span><span style="">After all, if the coalition cannot represent all of the people it claims to represent, its capacity to act is limited." </span><span style="">(Tattersall 2010, 171).</span>''<br></li><p><br></p>
			<p>'''<span style="">Nothing about us without us <ref>https://climatefalsesolutions.org/solutions-reelles-pour-la-justice-climatique-2/</ref> </span>'''<sup class="reference"></sup></p>
			<li><span>Nothing should be decided by any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group(s) affected by a decision or position.</span></li><p><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"></sup></p>

	=== 2. Co-creation of a first draft of vision, culture and structure. ===		=== 2. Co-creation of a first draft of vision, culture and structure. ===
	=== 3. Broader invitation to a broad assembly/meeting.</span></span><br> ===		=== 3. Broader invitation to a broad assembly/meeting.</span></span><br> ===

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Beyond agile coalitions, the diversity of coalitions

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	=== 3. Broader invitation to a broad assembly/meeting.</span></span><br> ===		=== 3. Broader invitation to a broad assembly/meeting.</span></span><br> ===
	=== 4. Presentation of the first draft, answers to clarifying questions and expansion of the coalition.</span></span> ===		=== 4. Presentation of the first draft, answers to clarifying questions and expansion of the coalition.</span></span> ===
	= ~~Beyond agile coalitions, the diversity~~ of coalitions =		= Other types of coalitions =
	<p>''<span style="">Agile coalitions are on a scale of level of collaboration between groups in campaigns. </span><span style="">This scale is above all a practical tool. </span><span style="">It does not constitute a science and is based on activist experience.</span>''</p><p><br>'''<span style="">Strategic tip:</span>'''<span style=""> to better plan your actions, it may be useful for you to inform yourself of the intentions and resources of groups campaigning for the same cause, even if you do not wish to work together. <br></span></p>[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 5.32.50 PM.png\|500x500px\|center\|middle\|border]]		<p>''<span style="">Agile coalitions are on a scale of level of collaboration between groups in campaigns. </span><span style="">This scale is above all a practical tool. </span><span style="">It does not constitute a science and is based on activist experience.</span>''</p><p><br>'''<span style="">Strategic tip:</span>'''<span style=""> to better plan your actions, it may be useful for you to inform yourself of the intentions and resources of groups campaigning for the same cause, even if you do not wish to work together. <br></span></p>[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 5.32.50 PM.png\|500x500px\|center\|middle\|border]]

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	= Additional Resources =		= Additional Resources =
	[https://crisisaction.org/handbook/contents/ Creative Coalitions Online Manual - A Handbook for Change]<p><br></p>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lPvJr53uI_M5IzQmYS82h6xMX08jk4nGQ8s-mtqXN3E/edit?usp=sharing Blueprints for Change Guide – Building Agile Coalitions]		[https://crisisaction.org/handbook/contents/ Creative Coalitions Online Manual - A Handbook for Change]<p><br></p>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lPvJr53uI_M5IzQmYS82h6xMX08jk4nGQ8s-mtqXN3E/edit?usp=sharing Blueprints for Change Guide – Building Agile Coalitions]

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Collaboration

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	== Consultation ==		== Consultation ==
	<p><span style="">Know what the different groups plan to do and be able to communicate their own issues. </span><span style="">This type of intergroup work requires the least affinities between groups given that it is characterized above all by the presence of a dialogue between groups and nothing more.</span></p>		<p><span style="">Know what the different groups plan to do and be able to communicate their own issues. </span><span style="">This type of intergroup work requires the least affinities between groups given that it is characterized above all by the presence of a dialogue between groups and nothing more.</span></p>
	== Collaboration ==		== Collaboration <ref>https://commonslibrary.org/transforming-coordination-within-social-movements/</ref> ==
	<p><span style="">If two groups find themselves campaigning for the same cause within a specific framework, but they deeply disagree on issues that are important to them, they may want to enter into conflict.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="">However, if an issue is important to our group, we are not going to abandon it in the face of groups with whom we disagree who are also campaigning in favor of it. </span><span style="">We have the same struggle, and it can be advantageous to work together, although in a limited way.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">Boundaries: </span>'''<span style="">it may sometimes be necessary to establish our boundaries, i.e. situations in which our group would refuse to collaborate with another group, even if we are aligned on an issue.</span></p>		<p><span style="">If two groups find themselves campaigning for the same cause within a specific framework, but they deeply disagree on issues that are important to them, they may want to enter into conflict.</span><br></p>
			<p><br></p>
			<p><span style="">However, if an issue is important to our group, we are not going to abandon it in the face of groups with whom we disagree who are also campaigning in favor of it. </span><span style="">We have the same struggle, and it can be advantageous to work together, although in a limited way.</span><br></p>
			<p><br></p>
			<p>'''<span style="">Boundaries: </span>'''<span style="">it may sometimes be necessary to establish our boundaries, i.e. situations in which our group would refuse to collaborate with another group, even if we are aligned on an issue.</span></p>

	<span style=""></span>		<span style=""></span>

	== Traditional coalition ==		== Traditional coalition ==
	<p><span style="">We put traditional coalitions at the end of this spectrum, because they are the least flexible coalitions.</span></p>		<p><span style="">We put traditional coalitions at the end of this spectrum, because they are the least flexible coalitions.</span></p>

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Cultural ingredients

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	=== Cultural ingredients ===		=== Cultural ingredients ===
	<p>''<span style="">These ingredients assume that the agile coalitions that are formed have an objective linked to anti-oppression.</span>''</p>		<p>''<span style="">These ingredients assume that the agile coalitions that are formed have an objective linked to anti-oppression.</span>''</p>
			<p>''<span style=""></span>''</p>
			[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 4.48.32 PM.png\|300x300px\|center\|middle\|border]]<p>'''<span style="">Continued practice of collecting and sharing member feedback</span>'''</p><p><br>'''<span style="">Listen to marginalized and more impacted groups</span>'''</p>
			*Make it a priority for them to have access to, and be a strong part of, the coalition
			<p><br>'''<span style="">Development of interpersonal links</span>'''</p>
			*<span style="">People can have a specific role of being point builders.</span><br>

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			\| “''To work together, it is important to respect differences. People who strive to “break through” these barriers have an important role to play. People who are both active in unions and active in communities or social movements can give coalitions the ability to translate these practices."'' - [https://commonslibrary.org/union-and-community-coalitions-stronger-together/ Amanda Tatersall, author of Power in Coalition]
			\|}
			<p>'''<span style="">Recognition of the ecology of movements</span>'''</p>
			*<span style="">Value and know the different roles within social movements, especially those that are least highlighted in order to appreciate the work of the groups around us.</span>

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			== First steps ==
			<p>''<span style="">This is a proposal that can be adapted to the realities of your group and your objective.</span>''</p>

			''<span style=""></span>''
			=== 1. First contact with affinity groups. ===
			<p><span style="">Here are principles that can help you choose the people and groups with whom you begin working or enter into dialogue.</span></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style=""> “Less is more”</span>'''</p><p><span style="">“ </span>''<span style="">The 'less is more' approach has helped avoid lowest-common-denominator positions, which result in coalitions ending up a 'mile wide and an inch deep' and tending to only agree on what they reject rather than on what they support</span>''<span style=""> .” </span><span style="">-</span></p>[https://commonslibrary.org/five-principles-for-building-powerful-coalitions/ Power in Coalition]<p><br></p><p>'''<span style=""> "Diversity "</span>'''</p><p><span style="">“</span>''<span style="">It is necessary to identify partners who have the right combination of power, interest and, potentially, unpredictability. </span><span style="">Power should not be narrowly defined. </span><span style="">It includes not only "organized numbers and money", but also diversity. </span><span style="">After all, if the coalition cannot represent all of the people it claims to represent, its capacity to act is limited. </span><span style="">(Tattersall 2010, 171)."</span>''<br></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">“Nothing about us without us” <ref>https://climatefalsesolutions.org/solutions-reelles-pour-la-justice-climatique-2/</ref> </span>'''<sup class="reference"></sup></p><p><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"></sup></p>
			=== 2. Co-creation of a first draft of vision, culture and structure. ===
			=== 3. Broader invitation to a broad assembly/meeting.</span></span><br> ===
			=== 4. Presentation of the first draft, answers to clarifying questions and expansion of the coalition.</span></span> ===
			= Beyond agile coalitions, the diversity of coalitions =
			<p>''<span style="">Agile coalitions are on a scale of level of collaboration between groups in campaigns. </span><span style="">This scale is above all a practical tool. </span><span style="">It does not constitute a science and is based on activist experience.</span>''</p><p><br>'''<span style="">Strategic tip:</span>'''<span style=""> to better plan your actions, it may be useful for you to inform yourself of the intentions and resources of groups campaigning for the same cause, even if you do not wish to work together. <br></span></p>[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 5.32.50 PM.png\|500x500px\|center\|middle\|border]]

			<br>
			== Consultation ==
			<p><span style="">Know what the different groups plan to do and be able to communicate their own issues. </span><span style="">This type of intergroup work requires the least affinities between groups given that it is characterized above all by the presence of a dialogue between groups and nothing more.</span></p>
			== Collaboration ==
			<p><span style="">If two groups find themselves campaigning for the same cause within a specific framework, but they deeply disagree on issues that are important to them, they may want to enter into conflict.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="">However, if an issue is important to our group, we are not going to abandon it in the face of groups with whom we disagree who are also campaigning in favor of it. </span><span style="">We have the same struggle, and it can be advantageous to work together, although in a limited way.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">Boundaries: </span>'''<span style="">it may sometimes be necessary to establish our boundaries, i.e. situations in which our group would refuse to collaborate with another group, even if we are aligned on an issue.</span></p>

			<span style=""></span>
			== Traditional coalition ==
			<p><span style="">We put traditional coalitions at the end of this spectrum, because they are the least flexible coalitions.</span></p>
			== Alliance ==
			<p><span style="">Alliances are teamwork in which groups are even closer than in traditional coalitions. </span><span style="">They have a shared common vision, which allows them to work together in the long term.</span></p>

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			= Additional Resources =
			[https://crisisaction.org/handbook/contents/ Creative Coalitions Online Manual - A Handbook for Change]<p><br></p>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lPvJr53uI_M5IzQmYS82h6xMX08jk4nGQ8s-mtqXN3E/edit?usp=sharing Blueprints for Change Guide – Building Agile Coalitions]

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Non-intuitive Ingredients

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Basis of agile coalitions

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	\| ''<span style="">“Against the government of owners and Bill 31” - </span>[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094457497394 FLIP]''		\| ''<span style="">“Against the government of owners and Bill 31” - </span>[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094457497394 FLIP]''
	\| ''<span style="">“Regularization for everyone, without exception” - Migrants Right Network </span>''		\| ''<span style="">“Regularization for everyone, without exception” - Migrants Right Network </span>''
	\| <p><span style="">“In defense of biodiversity and against colonialism” - </span></p>		\| <p><span style="">“In defense of biodiversity and against colonialism” - </span></p>
	[https://www.facebook.com/alliancemamoenconstruction Alliance Mamo]		[https://www.facebook.com/alliancemamoenconstruction Alliance Mamo]
	\| <p>''<span style="">“Defund the Police, Invest in Communities” - </span>''</p>		\| <p>''<span style="">“Defund the Police, Invest in Communities” - </span>''</p>
	[https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defundthespvm.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR23GBrXvyiAFIqV38GbyFTQpygSlRZWMg0hY4FD4FxV_9TWRs8aOlhrTTY&h=AT0iKbFgig6xfLCKh0kMLhjFFAF4IaUmXrwEqSACEn8wD0NCsD0OdvrjwHRoqqeJHs5PF2XQ-dAFwGHVHpVeHh1SyVTrorS916BtT9R0D8O3Dih1khryQJ6jmaFuGXfrngX_YA Coalition to Defund the Police]		[https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defundthespvm.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR23GBrXvyiAFIqV38GbyFTQpygSlRZWMg0hY4FD4FxV_9TWRs8aOlhrTTY&h=AT0iKbFgig6xfLCKh0kMLhjFFAF4IaUmXrwEqSACEn8wD0NCsD0OdvrjwHRoqqeJHs5PF2XQ-dAFwGHVHpVeHh1SyVTrorS916BtT9R0D8O3Dih1khryQJ6jmaFuGXfrngX_YA Coalition to Defund the Police]
	\| <span style="">“Between the end of the world and the end of their world, there is no alternative” - Earth Uprisings</span> <span style=""></span>		\| <span style="">“Between the end of the world and the end of their world, there is no alternative” - Earth Uprisings</span> <span style=""></span>
	\|}		\|}
			'''Resource sharing'''
	Resource sharing

	Resource sharing allows power to be shared between different groups. It also helps amplify the voices of groups with fewer resources.		Resource sharing allows power to be shared between different groups. It also helps amplify the voices of groups with fewer resources.
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	Some types of resources:		Some types of resources:

	expertise
	money		*<span style="">expertise</span>
	data		*<span style="">money</span>
	visibility		*<span style="">data</span>
	mobilization effort		*<span style="">visibility</span>
	physical spaces		*<span style="">mobilization effort</span>
	material		*<span style="">physical spaces</span>
			*<span style="">material</span>
			<span style=""></span><p>'''<span style="">Communication spaces</span>'''</p><p><span style="">Bringing different groups into contact allows for the sharing of experience and learning from others as well as the creation of human contacts between individuals from different groups. </span><span style="">This has the effect of fostering stronger, closer relationships between groups that are most aligned. </span><span style="">Alliances can emerge from this.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>'''<span style="">Minimum structural organization</span><br>'''</p><p><span style="">A minimal structural organization allows the coalition to survive. </span><span style="">This minimal structure (to begin with at least) can consist of a working group or committees which will notably create the infrastructures necessary for collective organization (for example, communication spaces).</span></p>

			<span style=""></span><p><span style="">The agille coalition can appoint people delegated to decision-making. </span><span style="">Indeed, some coalitions choose to have a trusted steering group to facilitate decision-making processes. </span><span style="">These decentralized network coalitions could still have general assemblies to make their most important decisions.</span></p>

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			=== Non-intuitive Ingredients ===
			<p>''<span style="">These ingredients are linked to practices which are less observed in coalitions, which are not part of habit.</span>''</p>

			''<span style=""></span>''[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 4.43.29 PM.png\|300x300px\|center\|middle\|border]]<p>'''<span style="">No public denouncing</span>'''</p>
			*<span style="">The fact that participating in the coalition does not mean endorsing everything.</span>
			*<span style="">Internal division strengthens our opponents; </span><span style="">the ruling class is united</span>
			*<span style="">We can know our disagreements and choose to unite. </span><span style="">Particularly for strategic reasons</span>
			<p><br>'''<span style="">Different levels of participation possible</span>'''</p>
			*<span style="">Faced with the distinct realities of groups, allowing groups to get involved according to their capacities allows the involvement of more groups, including those with the least resources.</span><br>
			<p><br>'''<span style="">No public ID needed</span>'''</p>
			*<span style="">An agile coalition does not have to be formalized or publicized, it is above all a way of working as a team.</span>
			*<span style="">Some groups may publicly endorse the coalition identity while others may choose not to while implicitly being part of the coalition. </span><span style="">(e.g. recipients of government subsidies)</span>
			<p><br>'''<span style="">Respect for the diversity of tactics and horizontal nature of struggles</span>'''</p>
			*<span style="">Respect helps make the coalition attractive.</span>
			*<span style="">Different tactics serve different functions in creating social change. </span><span style="">Different people are comfortable and different tactics and speeches. </span><span style="">It is strategic that they can cooperate.</span>
			<span style="">''''</span>

			<span style="">''"P''</span><span style="">''eople can only be where they are, and trying to force them to be where they aren't doesn't work, and what works is allowing people to be effective where they are. This is what true leadership is. So you need this simultaneity and you have to live with the discomfort of being in an organization with people who do things you don't like." ''-</span>[https://commonslibrary.org/commons-conversation-podcast-with-sarah-schulman-lessons-from-campaigning-for-aids-activism/ Sarah Schulman,] historian and author of Let The Record Show on the history of ACT UP New York.

			<span style=""></span>
			*Some groups cannot afford to adopt more radical postures or endorse/participate in more intense actions. They can, however, refuse to condemn them publicly.<br>

			=== Cultural ingredients ===
			<p>''<span style="">These ingredients assume that the agile coalitions that are formed have an objective linked to anti-oppression.</span>''</p>

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	=== Non-intuitive Ingredients ===		=== Non-intuitive Ingredients ===
	<p>''<span style="">These ingredients are linked to practices which are less observed in coalitions, which are not part of habit.</span>''</p>		<p>''<span style="">These ingredients are linked to practices which are less observed in coalitions, which are not part of habit.</span>''</p>

	''<span style=""></span>''[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 4.43.29 PM.png\|300x300px\|center\|middle\|border]]<p>'''<span style="">No public denouncing</span>'''</p>		''<span style=""></span>''[[File:Screenshot 2023-09-25 at 4.43.29 PM.png\|300x300px\|center\|middle\|border]]<p>'''<span style="">No public denouncing</span>'''</p>
	*<span style="">~~The fact that participating~~ in the coalition does not mean endorsing everything.</span>		*<span style="">Participating in the coalition does not mean endorsing everything.</span>
	*<span style="">Internal division strengthens our opponents~~; </span><span style="">the ruling class is united~~</span>		*<span style="">Internal division strengthens our opponents.</span>
	*<span style="">We can know our disagreements and choose to unite~~.&nbsp~~;~~</span><span style="">Particularly~~ for strategic reasons</span>		*<span style="">We can know our disagreements and choose to unite; particularly for strategic reasons.</span>
	<p><br>'''<span style="">Different levels of participation possible</span>'''</p>		<p><br>'''<span style="">Different levels of participation possible</span>'''</p>
	*<span style="">Faced with the distinct realities of groups, allowing groups to get involved according to their capacities allows the involvement of more groups, including those with the least resources.</span><br>		*<span style="">Faced with the distinct realities of groups, allowing groups to get involved according to their capacities allows the involvement of more groups, including those with the least resources.</span><br>
	<p><br>'''<span style="">No public ID needed</span>'''</p>		<p><br>'''<span style="">No public ID needed</span>'''</p>
	*<span style="">An agile coalition does not have to be formalized or publicized, it is above all a way of working as a team.</span>		*<span style="">An agile coalition does not have to be formalized or publicized, it is above all a way of working as a team.</span>
	*<span style="">Some groups may publicly endorse the coalition identity while others may choose not to while implicitly being part of the coalition.~~ </span><span style="">(e.g. recipients of government subsidies)~~</span>		*<span style="">Some groups may publicly endorse the coalition identity while others may choose not to while implicitly being part of the coalition.</span>
	<p><br>'''<span style="">Respect for the diversity of tactics and horizontal nature of struggles</span>'''</p>		<p><br>'''<span style="">Respect for the diversity of tactics and horizontal nature of struggles</span>'''</p>
	*<span style="">Respect helps make the coalition attractive.</span>		*<span style="">Respect helps make the coalition attractive.</span>
	*<span style="">Different tactics serve different functions in creating social change.~~ ~~</span><span style="">Different people are comfortable and different tactics and speeches.~~ ~~</span><span style="">It is strategic that they can cooperate.~~</span>~~		*<span style="">Different tactics serve different functions in creating social change. </span><span style="">Different people are comfortable and different tactics and speeches. </span><span style="">It is strategic that they can cooperate.</span>
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	<span style="">''"P''</span><span style="">''eople can only be where they are, and trying to force them to be where they aren't doesn't work, and what works is allowing people to be effective where they are. This is what true leadership is. So you need this simultaneity and you have to live with the discomfort of being in an organization with people who do things you don't like." ''-</span>[https://commonslibrary.org/commons-conversation-podcast-with-sarah-schulman-lessons-from-campaigning-for-aids-activism/ Sarah Schulman,] ~~historian~~ and author of Let The Record Show on the history of ACT UP New York.		<span style="">''"P''</span><span style="">''eople can only be where they are, and trying to force them to be where they aren't doesn't work, and what works is allowing people to be effective where they are. This is what true leadership is. So you need this simultaneity and you have to live with the discomfort of being in an organization with people who do things you don't like." ''-</span>[https://commonslibrary.org/commons-conversation-podcast-with-sarah-schulman-lessons-from-campaigning-for-aids-activism/ Sarah Schulman,] historian and author of Let The Record Show on the history of ACT UP New York.

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