WHAT IS AN ORGANIZER? Part II (X.) by X.

Here are four quick takes on the differences between organizers and activists:

-Activists want the world to change. Organizers want people to change the world.

-Activists hope more people will become as righteous as they are. Organizers hope more people will make the movement more righteous.

-Activists want to become indispensable. Organizers want to become obsolete.*

-Activists think that being in the minority means they are doing good work. Organizers think that being in the minority means there is more work to do.

To be continued...

* To give credit where credit is due: I can’t find the citation right now, but I recall that Lenin wrote something to the effect that “the role of the intellectual revolutionaries is to make themselves obsolete.”