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- ↑ Tattersall, Amanda; ChangeMakers; Gecan, Mike (2020). "Changemaker Chat with Mike Gecan: Organising in the US". Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ↑ "Church and community: churches push for change" - Ocala Star-Banner
- ↑ "Long Down on Its Heels, a Community Looks Up" - New York Times
- ↑ "Building Public Power" - Village Voice
- ↑ Gecan, Michael (December 29, 2004). "In a clueless party". The Washington Post.
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- ↑ Gecan, Michael (February 28, 2011). "The Tea Party isn't radical enough". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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