One of the most influential activists of the past five years or so has -- like a good organizer is supposed to -- kept quite a low-profile despite everything he’s been able to do. Two years ago, Ady Barkan was diagnosed with ALS. He has kept up the fight, but he has made no secret of the reality that he doesn’t have much time left. He has used the preciousness of that time to emphasize the urgency of the present political moment, a vision he spelled out in a recent essay in The Nation:
How you can honor a dying progressive organizer
How you can honor a dying progressive…
How you can honor a dying progressive organizer
One of the most influential activists of the past five years or so has -- like a good organizer is supposed to -- kept quite a low-profile despite everything he’s been able to do. Two years ago, Ady Barkan was diagnosed with ALS. He has kept up the fight, but he has made no secret of the reality that he doesn’t have much time left. He has used the preciousness of that time to emphasize the urgency of the present political moment, a vision he spelled out in a recent essay in The Nation: