Grassroots Organizing | https://clowardandpiven.com Tue, 16 Jan 2024 06:47:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/clowardandpiven.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-untitled.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Grassroots Organizing | https://clowardandpiven.com 32 32 33376075 The Piven Paradox: Socialism, Riots, and the Silencing of Critics https://clowardandpiven.com/the-piven-paradox-socialism-riots-and-the-silencing-of-critics/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 06:47:52 +0000 https://clowardandpiven.com/?p=437 Frances Fox Piven, a prominent scholar and activist, has ignited a firestorm of controversy. In a 2010 article on the Nation, Piven openly calls for “strikes and riots” in America,…

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Cloward and Piven Theory Critique https://clowardandpiven.com/cloward-and-piven-theory-critique/ Sat, 17 Jun 2023 21:31:29 +0000 https://clowardandpiven.com/?p=365 Critiquing the Cloward-Piven Theory: Examining Potential Shortcomings The Cloward-Piven theory, proposed by sociologists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven, suggests that overwhelming the welfare system through strategic disruption can lead…

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