Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Unite the struggles

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Unite the struggles

Click here to access article issued by the Anarchist Federation (UK) posted at InfoShop News.

The article provides some very good ideas about a general strategy for the "wave of occupations and upsurge in class struggle as austerity bites...." It also lists the many ways that the ruling class has attempted, and will attempt, to contain and destroy the struggles. Its focus is on the UK, but the ideas and insights apply nearly everywhere in the world. Just as capitalism has gone global, so has the need for social justice gone global.