Eitan Hersh, author of Politics is for Power: How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action, and Make Real Change, and Assistant Professor of Civic Studies from the Department of Political Science at Tufts' Tisch College spoke on Thursday, October 15, at 11am via Zoom. The Office of Civic Engagement hosted the event and the lecture lasted about an hour and was well attended. Dr. Hersh from Tufts spoke on his book, Politics is for Power, published in January 2020: He reiterated the main message of the book, a condemnation of political hobbyism, which is like treating politics as entertainment, and the book is a call to arms for well-meaning, well-informed citizens who consume political news but do not take political action. Hersh suggests that normal citizens should be spending the same number of hours building political organizations, implementing a long-term vision for our city or town, and getting to know our neighbors, whose votes will be needed for solving hard problems as they do tweeting and posting about political gossip. It was a fascinating discussion.
