The Indypendent � Change from Below: Dutch Socialists Build a Grassroots Movement

The Indypendent � Change from Below: Dutch Socialists Build a Grassroots Movement

Brenda Stokely

I just met Brenda Stokely in this online video. I'm guessing she
comes from the Maoist tradition. Nevertheless, I enjoyed
watching this video from 2005. It's apparently a speech given at
a conference organized by Worker's World.
She seems to have a realistic assessment of the revolutionary left,
and she has some good ideas on organizing. I'm not sure of her
perspective on how to overcome our divisions but it's interesting.

Brenda Stokely: "Dailymotion - Brenda Stokely

I found a link to other videos from the same conference
for those interested.

How to Run a Con (or become a powerful politician, among other things)

"My laboratory studies of college students have shown that two percent of them are "unconditional nonreciprocators." That's a mouthful! This means that when they are trusted they don't return money to person who trusted them (these experiments are described in my post on neuroeconomics). What do we really call these people in my lab? Bastards. Yup, not folks that you would want to have a cup of coffee with. These people are deceptive, don't stay in relationships long, and enjoy taking advantage of others. Psychologically, they resemble sociopaths. Bastards are dangerous because they have learned how to simulate trustworthiness. My research has demonstrated that they have highly dysregulated THOMASes."

How to Run a Con