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b'Join Cl\\xe9ment Petitjean and Alex Han in conversation about the new book Occupation Organizer. This event took place on April 30, 2023.\\n\\nHow can activists seize on this moment of unrest to build durable, effective organizations for change? Join Cl\\xe9ment Petitjean and Alex Han for a history and critique of the community organizing tradition and the fight to build collective power.\\n\\nThe rise of the professional organizer has seen community organizing as a site of contestation. Chicago, where Alinsky first developed his model of the \\u201cprofessional radical\\u201d, is home to vast networks of community-based organizations that bring together multitudes in the fight for collective liberation\\u2014led by those who do the work as part of the community, rather than standing apart from it.\\n\\nWith Brandon Johnson set to usher in a new era of progressive politics in Chicago, the time is now to learn from the successes, failures, and contradictions of the past.\\n\\nGet Occupation Organizer from Haymarket: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/...\\n\\nSpeakers:\\n\\nCl\\xe9ment Petitjean is an associate professor of American studies at the Universit\\xe9 Panth\\xe9on Sorbonne in Paris. He holds a PhD in sociology. His writing has appeared in academic journals and popular outlets like Jacobin, Contretemps, and Le Monde diplomatique.\\n\\nAlex Han is Executive Director of In These Times. He has organized with unions, in the community, and in progressive politics for two decades. In addition to serving as Midwest Political Director for Bernie 2020, he\\u2019s worked to amplify the power of community and labor organizations at Bargaining for the Common Good, served as a Vice President of SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana for over a decade, and helped to found United Working Families, an independent political organization in Illinois that has elected dozens of working-class leaders to city, state and federal office. Most recently he was executive editor of Convergence Magazine.\\n\\nWatch the live event recording: https://youtube.com/live/6xfpDOcW1i0\\n\\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\\n\\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks'