Latest changes on this site

2024 December 17: Added Strategy Note 294 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 December 10: Added Strategy Note 293 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 December 3: Added Strategy Note 292 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 November 26: Added Strategy Note 291 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 November 21: Added Strategy Note 290 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 November 12: Added Strategy Note 289 and a few coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 November 5: Added Strategy Note 288 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 October 29: Added Strategy Note 287 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 October 22: Added Strategy Note 286 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 October 15: Added Strategy Note 285 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 October 8: Added Strategy Note 284 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 October 1: Added Strategy Note 283 and a few coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 September 24: Added Strategy Note 282 and a few coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 September 17: Added Strategy Note 281 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 September 10: Added Strategy Note 280 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 September 3: Added Strategy Note 279 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 August 27: Added Strategy Note 278 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 August 20: Added Strategy Note 277 and a few coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 August 13: Added Strategy Note 276 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 August 12: Added a review of "The Southern Key: class, race, and radicalism in the 1930s and 1940s" to "Book reviews, etc."

2024 August 6: Added Strategy Note 275 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 July 30: Added Strategy Note 274 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 July 23: Added Strategy Note 273 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 July 16: Added Strategy Note 272 and some coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 July 9: Added Strategy Note 271 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 July 2: Added Strategy Note 270 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 June 25: Added Strategy Note 269 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 June 18: Added Strategy Note 268 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 June 16: Added a review of "Busting the Bankers' Club" to "Book reviews, etc."

2024 June 11: Added Strategy Note 267 and some coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 June 4: Added Strategy Note 266 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 June 1: Relocated the PDF files of Strategy Note flyers.

2024 May 28: Added Strategy Note 265 and a couple coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 May 21: Added Strategy Note 264 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 May 14: Added Strategy Note 263 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 May 7: Added Strategy Note 262 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 April 30: Added Strategy Note 261 and a few coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 April 23: Added Strategy Note 260 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 April 16: Added Strategy Note 259 and a few coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2024 April 9: Added Strategy Note 258 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 April 2: Added Strategy Note 257 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 March 26: Added Strategy Note 256 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 March 19: Added Strategy Note 255 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 March 12: Added Strategy Note 254 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 March 5: Added Strategy Note 253 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 February 27: Added Strategy Note 252 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 February 20: Added Strategy Note 251 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 February 13: Added Strategy Note 250 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 February 6: Added Strategy Note 249 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 January 30: Added Strategy Note 248 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 January 23: Added Strategy Note 247 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 January 16: Added Strategy Note 246 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 January 9: Added Strategy Note 245 to "Strategy Notes".

2024 January 2: Added Strategy Note 244 to "Strategy Notes" and Third Act North Carolina to "NC Organizations".

2023 December 26: Added Strategy Note 243 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 December 19: Added Strategy Note 242 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 December 12: Added Strategy Note 241 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 December 5: Added Strategy Note 240 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 November 30: Added Strategy Notes 237-239 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 November 7: Added Strategy Note 236 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 October 31: Added Strategy Note 235 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 October 24: Added Strategy Note 234 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 October 17: Added Strategy Note 233 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 October 10: Added Strategy Note 232 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 October 3: Added Strategy Note 231 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 September 26: Added Strategy Note 230 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 September 19: Added Strategy Note 229 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 September 12: Added Strategy Note 228 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 September 5: Added Strategy Note 227 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 August 29: Added Strategy Note 226 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 August 22: Added Strategy Note 225 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 August 15: Added Strategy Note 224 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 August 8: Added Strategy Note 223 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 August 1: Added Strategy Note 222 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 July 25: Added Strategy Note 221 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 July 18: Added Strategy Note 220 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 July 11: Added Strategy Note 219 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 July 4: Added Strategy Note 218 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 June 27: Added Strategy Note 217 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 June 20: Added Strategy Note 216 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 June 14: Added Strategy Note 215 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 June 6: Added Strategy Note 214 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 June 4: Added Toward Zero Waste and Friends Committee on North Carolina Legislation to "NC Organizations".

2023 May 30: Added Strategy Note 213 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 May 23: Added Strategy Note 212 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 May 16: Added Strategy Note 211 and coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2023 May 9: Added Strategy Note 210 and coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2023 May 3: Added several coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2023 May 2: Added Strategy Note 209 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 April 25: Added Strategy Note 208 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 April 18: Added Strategy Note 207 and added a couple more coming topics to "Strategy Notes".

2023 April 11: Added Strategy Note 206 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 April 4: Added Strategy Note 205 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 March 28: Added Strategy Note 204 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 March 21: Added Strategy Note 203 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 March 14: Added Strategy Note 202 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 March 7: Added Strategy Note 201 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 March 5: Added the first two topics for the new series of Strategy Notes that begin on 7 March in "Strategy Notes".

2023 February 28: Added Strategy Note 200 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 February 25: Added the topic for next week's Strategy Note 200 in "Strategy Notes".

2023 February 21: Added Strategy Note 199 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 February 14: Added Strategy Note 198 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 February 7: Added Strategy Note 197 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 January 31: Added Strategy Note 196 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 January 24: Added Strategy Note 195 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 January 17: Added Strategy Note 194 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 January 10: Added Strategy Note 193 to "Strategy Notes".

2023 January 9: Added topics for the next series to "Strategy Notes". Added a reverse-chronological "Broad Contents" section near top of "Strategy Notes"

2023 January 6: Removed The Dawn of Everything from the "Briefly noted" section of "Book reviews, etc." like I should've done 23 November 2022 when I added the regular review of it.

2023 January 3: Added Strategy Note 192 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 December 27: Added Strategy Note 191 to "Strategy Notes" and updated the list of coming topics.

2022 December 20: Added Strategy Note 190 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 December 13: Added Strategy Note 189 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 December 8: Added Strategy Note 188 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 November 29: Added Strategy Note 187 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 November 25: Updated the scheduled topics in "Strategy Notes".

2022 November 23: Added review of The Dawn of Everything: a new history of humanity to "Book reviews, etc.".

2022 November 22: Added Strategy Note 186 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 November 15: Added Strategy Note 185 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 November 8: Added Strategy Note 184 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 November 1: Added Strategy Note 183 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 October 25: Added Strategy Note 182 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 October 18: Added Strategy Note 181 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 October 12: Updated scheduled topics in "Strategy Notes". Made minor edits in a few past Strategy Notes.

2022 October 11: Added Strategy Note 180 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 October 4: Added Strategy Note 179 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 October 2: Turned off double opt-in for Mailchimp subscriptions and updated the Subscribe page to reflect that change.

2022 September 27: Added Strategy Note 178 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 September 25: Removed a couple of dead links.

2022 September 20: Added Strategy Note 177 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 September 13: Added Strategy Note 176 to "Strategy Notes" and updated the list of scheduled topics.

2022 September 6: Added Strategy Note 175 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 August 30: Added Strategy Note 174 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 August 23: Added Strategy Note 173 to "Strategy Notes". In "NC organizations" replaced "Tuesdays with Tillis" with "Democracy Out Loud" following their name change.

2022 August 16: Added Strategy Note 172 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 August 9: Added Strategy Note 171 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 August 2: Added Strategy Note 170 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 July 26: Added Strategy Note 169 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 July 20: Added Strategy Note 168 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 July 15: Added Strategy Note 167 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 July 5: Added Strategy Note 166 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 June 28: Added Strategy Note 165 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 June 21: Added Strategy Note 164 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 June 14: Added Strategy Note 163 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 June 7: Added Strategy Note 162 to "Strategy Notes". Added Ready the Ground Training Team to the list of infrastructure organizations in "NC Organizations".

2022 May 31: Added Strategy Note 161 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 May 27: Added a "Briefly noted" section to "Book reviews, etc.".

2022 May 25: Added a review "The two most important fiction and nonfiction books of 2020" to "Book reviews, etc.".

2022 May 24: Added Strategy Note 160 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 May 17: Added Strategy Note 159 to "Strategy Notes". Updated list of scheduled topics.

2022 May 10: Added Strategy Note 158 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 May 3: Added Strategy Note 157 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 April 26: Added Strategy Note 156 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 April 19: Added Strategy Note 155 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 April 16: Added topics for next series (Strategy Notes 155-170) to "Strategy Notes".

2022 April 12: Added Strategy Note 154 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 April 5: Added Strategy Note 153 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 March 29: Added Strategy Note 152 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 March 22: Added Strategy Note 151 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 March 15: Added Strategy Note 150 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 March 8: Added Strategy Note 149 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 March 1: Added Strategy Note 148 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 February 22: Added Strategy Note 147 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 February 15: Added Strategy Note 146 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 February 13: Added Strategy Notes 141-145 to "Strategy Notes".

2022 February 7: Janet Xiao fixed the contact form so it functions correctly.

2022 January 4: Added Strategy Note 140 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 December 28: Added Strategy Note 139 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 December 21: Added Strategy Note 138 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 December 14: Added Strategy Note 137 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 December 7: Added Strategy Note 136 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 November 30: Added Strategy Note 135 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 November 23: Added Strategy Note 134 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 November 16: Added Strategy Note 133 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 November 9: Added Strategy Note 132 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 November 5: Switched to Janet Xiao's new code for "responsive" pages that adjust to size of screen. Revised credit for Janet in the About page. In the html line that starts the index page, added lang="en-US". Additional minor changes and edits.

2021 November 2: Added Strategy Note 131 to "Strategy Notes". Added downloadable PDFs (for reading on screen and for printing as a booklet) of Strategy Notes 66-114 "Organize!".

2021 October 26: Added Strategy Note 130 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 October 19: Added Strategy Note 129 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 October 12: Added Strategy Note 128 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 October 5: Added Strategy Note 127 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 September 28: Added Strategy Note 126 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 September 21: Added Strategy Note 125 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 September 14: Added Strategy Note 124 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 September 7: Added Strategy Note 123 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 September 2: Janet X. switched the website to the new PHP version.

2021 August 31: Added Strategy Note 122 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 August 24: Added Strategy Note 121 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 August 17: Added Strategy Note 120 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 August 13: Added a review "Bitcoin: Who wants it? Why? Will they get what they want?" (written in 2017) to "Book reviews, etc.".

2021 August 10: Added Strategy Note 119 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 August 3: Added Strategy Note 118 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 July 27: Added Strategy Note 117 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 July 20: Added Strategy Note 116 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 July 13: Added Strategy Note 115 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 July 6: Added Strategy Note 114 (and topics coming in the next batch) to "Strategy Notes".

2021 June 29: Added Strategy Note 113 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 June 22: Added Strategy Note 112 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 June 15: Added Strategy Note 111 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 June 8: Added Strategy Note 110 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 June 1: Added Strategy Note 109 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 May 25: Added Strategy Note 108 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 May 18: Added Strategy Note 107 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 May 11: Added Strategy Note 106 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 May 4: Added Strategy Note 105 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 April 27: Added Strategy Note 104 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 April 20: Added Strategy Note 103 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 April 13: Added Strategy Note 102 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 April 6: Added Strategy Note 101 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 March 30: Added Strategy Note 100 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 March 23: Added Strategy Note 99 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 March 16: Added Strategy Note 98 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 March 9: Added Strategy Note 97 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 March 2: Added Strategy Note 96 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 February 26: Added the image to Strategy Note 46. Updated the Contact page with an "under construction" message.

2021 February 23: Added Strategy Note 95 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 February 16: Added Strategy Note 94 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 February 9: Added Strategy Note 93 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 February 2: Added Strategy Note 92 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 January 26: Added Strategy Note 91 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 January 19: Added Strategy Note 90 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 January 12: Added Strategy Note 89 to "Strategy Notes".

2021 January 5: Added Strategy Note 88 to "Strategy Notes".

2020 December 29: Added Strategy Note 87 to "Strategy Notes".

2020 December 22: Added Strategy Note 86 to "Strategy Notes". Updated "Who created this website?" and "Russell Herman's work".

2020 December 17: Minor edits in various places.

2020 December 15: "Strategy Notes" now on the main menu bar instead of under "Resources". Added Strategy Note 85 to "Strategy Notes".

2020 December 8: Added Strategy Note 84 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 December 1: Added Strategy Note 83 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 November 24: Added Strategy Note 82 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 November 17: Added Strategy Note 81 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 November 10: Added Strategy Note 80 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 November 3: Added Strategy Note 79 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 October 27: Added Strategy Note 78 (and some coming topics) to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 October 20: Added Strategy Note 77 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 October 13: Added Strategy Note 76 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 October 6: Added Strategy Note 75 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 September 29: Added Strategy Note 74 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 September 22: Added Strategy Note 73 (and some coming topics) to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 September 15: Added Strategy Note 72 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 September 8: Added Strategy Note 71 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 September 1: Added Strategy Note 70 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 August 25: Added Strategy Note 69 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 August 18: Added Strategy Note 68 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 August 11: Added Strategy Note 67 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 August 4: Added Strategy Note 66 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 July 28: Added Strategy Note 65 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources" and began adding headings for coming series of Strategy Notes on organizing.

2020 July 21: Added Strategy Note 64 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 July 14: Added Strategy Note 63 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 July 7: Added Strategy Note 62 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 June 30: Added Strategy Note 61 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 June 23: Added Strategy Note 60 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 June 16: Added Strategy Note 59 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 June 9: Added Strategy Note 58 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 June 2: Added Strategy Note 57 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 May 26: Added Strategy Note 56 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources" and added the Broad Contents segment to the beginning of "Strategy Notes".

2020 May 19: Added Strategy Note 55 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 May 12: Added Strategy Note 54 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 May 5: Added Strategy Note 53 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 April 28: Added Strategy Note 52 to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 April 21: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 April 14: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 April 7: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 March 31: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 March 24: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 March 17: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 March 10: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 March 3: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 February 29: Added some coming topics to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2020 February 25: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2019 November 29: Added last week's and this week's Strategy Notes to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2019 October 22: Added today's Strategy Note (and topics for the coming batch) to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources".

2019 October 1: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy Notes" under "Resources". Also added links from the Subscribe page to the Strategy Notes page and vice versa.

2019 July 24: In "Strategy Notes" under "Resources", added a dozen new topics scheduled for the coming weeks.

2019 July 23: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy notes" under "Resources".

2019 June 18: Added today's Strategy Note to "Strategy notes" under "Resources".

2019 May 13: Added "Strategy notes" under "Resources".

2019 April 24: Updated the "Subscribe" button to reflect the plan to send roughly weekly messages starting 7 May 2019.

2017 January 8: Added "Working papers" under "Resources".

2016 December 25: Added a review of three books on contradictions in and collapse of capitalistic economies (in "Book reviews, etc." under "Resources").

2016 December 19: Added a review of three books offering frameworks for thinking about strategy (in "Book reviews, etc." under "Resources").

2016 November 19: Added a review of "How Organizations Develop Activists" in "Book reviews, etc." (under "Resources").

2016 November 19: Added a section to the Donate page on leaving a gift via your will.

2016 November 9: Added the Subscribe page to let visitors join my email list. Also updated the Privacy Policy to reflect the new use of Mailchimp for the Subscribe form.

2016 March 24: Added the "Metacognitive Reading Strategies Bookmark" to the Resources.

2015 February 4: Added a few groups to the list of NC organizations.

2015 January 20: Added an option to donate Bitcoin on the Donate page.

2014 March 26: In "Book reviews, etc." (under "Resources") I added a review of "The Contradictions of 'Real Socialism'."

2014 February 25: Updated the "Privacy" page. Removed the "Calendar" page (and the buttons which linked to it) because I had not kept it up to date.

2013 December 17: Updated the Donate page with new links for online BillPay services and a clarified explanation of how to contribute anonymously.

2012 October 9: Updated the Donate page with new links for online BillPay services.

2012 February 24: Added instructions for anonymous gifts to Donate page.

2011 December 24: Because the list of NC organizations gets so much use, I promoted it to a main menu button. I removed the "Connect" button (which invited folks to send their contact info to organizations working on topics they selected) until I can automate it better so it does not require so much volunteer time.

2011 August 24: The calendar began automatically including events from the calendar of the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

2011 July 31: In "Book reviews, etc." (under "Resources") I added a review of "A New New Deal."

2011 June 12: "Resources" got two new pages: "Book reviews, etc." and "Suggestions for organizing well in NC". The navigation menus in the header and footer got revised. This "Latest Changes" page and the box on the home page linking to it got added.

2011 February 12: I launched this site by handing out 1018 cards about it to participants at the fifth Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) march and rally.