Activists connected every local issue to personal and political significance

Evidence

Whether I asked environmental activists if they would join an anti-drugs group, or a schools group, or any group, whatever the group was, activists convinced themselves that every issue was really important and that they really should care deeply. And in contrast to volunteers and recreation group members, activists made every issue feel both personal and political at the same time: NINA: Does the nuclear stuff seem close to home? — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 1255

Categorization

• XREF: Direct inverse of the ‘close to home’ depoliticization Eliasoph documents among volunteers in earlier chapters. — connects to: Political defeat redirected communal activism into individualized body perfection — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 575; Local protest movements can aggregate into a national politics without top-down coordination — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 620

Broader Connections

• Local protest movements can aggregate into a national politics without top-down coordination #expands (0.74) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 620
• Political defeat redirected communal activism into individualized body perfection #complicates (0.71) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 575