“…To assert our demands clearly and firmly is henceforth, it seems, categorized as radical demonstrations. 84 With no counterdiscourse and few analyses of global issues, activist leadership within community organizations is now often relegated to the background, subordinated to the immediate needs of projects and of service delivery. Admittedly, community groups still mobilize rapidly against certain legislative or administrative changes in their specific sectors: they still act as a political shield against the deterioration of social policies and programs.…”