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Beautiful Trouble

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Ken Krafchek, Graduate Director, MFA in Community Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art

Stephen Lerner


Stephen Lerner is architect of the Justice for Janitors campaign. He serves on the executive board of the Service Employees International Union. He has been a labor and community organizer for over thirty years and is working with labor and community groups in campaigns that challenge Wall Street’s and big corporations’ domination of the political and economic life of the U.S. and global economy. His latest thinking here: How We Can Mobilize To Be the Greedy 1%'s Worst Nightmare

Contributed Modules

Tactic: General strike

Contributed by
May 16, 2012

To put effective pressure on a corporate or political target by shutting down business as usual; to overcome the challenges of organizing vulnerable workers in isolated sectors.