Fucking Cancelled The Quest for the Offline Left with Cecilia Guerrero: Organizing the South
Nov 3, 2024
Cecilia Guerrero, a Nashville-based Communist organizer, dives into grassroots movements in the South. She shares insights on organizing challenges in Tennessee, highlighting a groundbreaking union of rideshare drivers. The discussion also covers the innovative Aluta Sigue model, designed to empower marginalized communities. Cecilia critiques the Democratic Party’s disconnect from the working class and celebrates recent grassroots victories, including advancements in tenant rights. The conversation reveals the complexities of leadership in social movements and emphasizes the necessity for genuine, class-oriented engagement.
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Organizing in the South
- Cecilia Guerrero moved to the South in 2019 after the largest ICE raids in U.S. history.
- She helped organize community responses and realized the need for serious organizing in the region.
Incubating Worker-Led Organizations
- Aluta Sigue is a non-profit incubator designed to bypass limitations on worker power.
- It aims to train working-class leaders to run their own independent organizations.
Finding Real Leaders
- Go outside and talk to workers directly.
- Identify community leaders through open-ended questions.