The Agonies and Ecstasies of Movement Building: The Case of Dream Defenders

This is a wonderful thirty-minute video about the process of building the Dream Defenders in Florida. One of the beauties of it is the discussion of the problems, confusions and learning curve of movements in general, rather than just of one particular movement. It touches on being imprisoned by past movements, the revolving doors of people coming and going and becoming reified by others.

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About Bruce Lerro

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.

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