Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of ussf_npc_position_paper

Timestamp:

Nov 26, 2011, 6:33:31 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Mallory Knodel

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 '' A) What impact did the USSF process have on your organization or sector, or on organization's you affiliate with that develop and/or support social movement building? What relationships did you develop that support your work, sector or the building of our social movement? ''
 
-The impact was inestimable. We greatly enhanced our network, recruited at least a score of new members, and broadened the discussion of the political issues we consider important and our response to them. Our work at USSF drove our entry into World Social Forum work which links to our other International work and enormously raised our profile within progressive movements world-wide, especially here in the United States.
+The impact of the USSF process on May First/People Link was inestimable. We greatly enhanced our network, recruited a score of new members, and broadened the discussion of and our response to the political issues related to an open Internet, which we consider important. Our work at USSF drove our entry into World Social Forum work which links to our other International work and enormously raised our profile within progressive movements world-wide, but especially here in the United States.
 
-Among the most important outcomes was the many relationships we developed on the NPC and its related work groups. This draws the map for a lot of the work we've been doing currently in MF/PL. Additionally, the experience allowed us to broaden and strengthen our own technologist working group (within MF/PL) which is fundamental to our organization's ongoing work.
+Among the most important outcomes was the many relationships we developed on the NPC and its related work groups. These relationships draw the map for a lot of the work MF/PL is doing currently. Additionally, the experience allowed us to broaden and strengthen our own technologist-led support team, which is fundamental to meeting the ongoing needs of our membership.
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+The USSF was an opportunity for the progressive movement to engage with communications and technology issues head-on, through praxis. The impact of the USSF process on strategic, movement-building approaches to Internet technology has shifted the national discussion about the use of digital communications to one based in political vision. MF/PL changed its own thinking around these discussions, too.
 
 '' B) What is your organization's political assessment of this current historical moment, and do you see a role for the Social Forum process as a vehicle for supporting stronger social movement building, including grassroots organizing? Please include your assessment of the primary issues our social movement faces externally and internally as well as the most vibrant social movements of this moment (i.e., fronts of struggle). ''