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Why a Common Enemy Works, and How to Pick a Better One
Published about 13 hours ago • 10 min read
Pick a Better Devil: Why the Best Movements Make the Common Enemy an Idea Read online → “ "You can extract a moral from a story, but you can't extract a story from a moral." — Chip and Dan Heath, Made to Stick Communication Moves People, Part 2 of 2 In May 1972, Cesar Chávez was on a water-only fast in Phoenix, Arizona. It would last 25 days. Arizona had just passed a law that took away farm workers' right to strike and boycott during the harvest. So Dolores Huerta, who had built the union...
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