Second, social transformations are defining new environments that we have yet to fully understand. The majority of the workforce now works in information- related occupations, not industrial production. Globalized processes including globalized production, the international flow of capital, and greater mobility of people, are having powerful, far-ranging impacts. At the same time much of the liberal to left political forces are in disarray. The breakdown in organizational level and the lack of developed political and ideological direction is obvious.
Some positive signs exist.
In this context, grassroots organizing must be selective, accumulate strength, and maximize options. Organizing must remain flexible to adapt to changing and uncertain conditions and the changing issues. We must actively identify struggles and issues with clear relations to our goals of why we are organizing so our resources are used most effectively. We must work with and reach out to our strategic groups and continue to analyze the role of different sectors. We must build organization, accumulate resources, generate ideas, and create many alliances.