Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The crisis, the alternative, and the commons movement

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

Friday, September 11, 2015

The crisis, the alternative, and the commons movement

Click here to access article by CNS-EP Collective posted on Capitalism Nature Socialism (CNS) website.

The crisis of the dominant system marks the end of an epoch. It is not another phase of the same.

Capitalism is unable to keep its promises of eradicating poverty and hunger, ensuring social justice, respecting the environment, and overcoming the South-North divide.

This Italian collective is recognizing the need for a radical change in societies if humanity is going to survive the many crises that capitalist rule is creating. They are calling for a conference in Italy and elsewhere to come up with radical plans for a transformation.