Time To Organize 'Critical Mass'

Cyclists now have a legal right to organize in New York, but what real privileges have the events led to?

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March 3, 2006, 11:00 AM PST

"Cyclists -- even anarchist ones -- need leadership. They need official spokespeople and negotiators to accomplish their goals. Put another way, Critical Mass, the supposedly 'leaderless,' 'spontaneous' and 'unorganized coincidence,' that is a monthly celebration of bike culture expressed as a ride through Manhattan and hundreds of other city streets worldwide, needs to agree upon a local leadership structure and use that structure to open a dialogue with the city about cyclist's rights."

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 in New York Press

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