Obama has enlisted hundreds of seasoned organizers -including unions, community groups, churches and environmental groups - into his campaign. They, in turn, have mobilized thousands of volunteers - many of them neophytes in electoral politics - into tightly knit, highly motivated and efficient teams. This organizing effort has turned out a new group of voters, many of them young people and first-time voters. |
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Hans Bennett is a multi-media journalist mostly focusing on the movement to free Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners. An archive of his work is available at insubordination.blogspot.com and he is also co-founder of "Journalists for Mumia," (
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