Tim JordanThinkers

Activism is about creating new moralities which, when they gain the authority of mass acceptance, can inform changes in our societies. The future is given birth in the turmoil of people acting together politically.

Activism is about individuals recognizing in one another the anger, fear, hope or other emotions they feel about a transgression.

Activism is concerned with a disruption and dislocation of the authority of pre-existing morality-defining institutions.

Activism is not simply being more than one, as we are in a cinema, but a sense of solidarity in pursuit of transgression.

Activism is often at one and the same time transgressive (seeking a different world, new forms of democracy, and new ways of making change) and progressive (which however radical, reaffirms present institutions by seaking change within them).

Activism is solidarities created to change what already exists.

Activism comes to life when people recognize in each other the will and desire to change the routines of life.

Activism involves transgression, which is the contradiction of existing social structures, institutions and ethics.

Activism is a combination of solidarity and transgression. An activist is an individual who, in concert with others, desires, demands and works for change.

Activism is a domain in which transgression is essential. Unless change is demanded, collective action lacks a political aspect.

Activism is transgression, an assault on the way social norms, beliefs, inequalities and oppressions are reproduced.