“My best use of the Rally is giving individual articles to people when we are talking about politics. It means I have to study the articles and make “talking points.” For instance there are several general things that people discuss and if I know in the article where to make a link, I can take it out of my pocket and point right to it saying “this article really helped me understand…here you can have it, I have another.”
I also give people Rally articles as they refer to discussions we have had in the past. For instance, my acupuncturist and I were talking and she wanted more information on the Civil War, what were the economic questions behind it and so forth. I was able to give her the article “Analysis of Forces” (January 2016), with advice that this gives more depth to our discussion. This article I still use a lot. So I gave another person I know the article “European Union and Social Democracy” (May 2016), when they asked me about the socialism of Western Europe. Another was interested in Black Lives Matter and I gave her “Fascism, the US Presidential Elections,” (which is also a very good article for many other questions). The articles on Flint (July 2016) are excellent for giving out after Flint, water or public health (single payer) meetings.
I try to carry a few Rally’s with me to give to the people I work with, who have more questions or want to discuss matters more thoroughly.
The Rally articles are very helpful to me. I frequently say to myself, “I am so lucky to have access to them.”
– League member, Baltimore, Maryland
November.December Vol26.Ed6
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