there is so much change under way in the world, good and bad. i have been involved a lot lately with solidarity work for oaxaca where the
old anticapitalist movement in mexico is being repressed in a new
dirty war. this is relevent - ( the new dirty war fueled by the same old US corporate interests)- because the struggle there is a representation of community self empowerment, using traditional indigenous models of political organizing and mutual aid,
i mean, there are so many ways for poor people to re-gain self empowerment, is really becoming 'good little capitalists' (with or
traditional community structures are broken all over the world-and those that are left are resisting all over the world- and it is capitalism (colonialism,white supremacy, consumerism etc) that has broken them.
imho, in terms of ethics- zapatismo has a lot more in common with permaculture than the Grameen bank does.
i do have hope for permaculture as part of the solution for privileged industrialized people and those 'down below' alike. but i'm sorry i don't have hope for a permaculture 'movement' that indentifies more with 'lifestyle' liberal green consumerism, than it does with genuine social justice, local autonomy, and the like. (i'm not saying it does-but it feels that way at times)
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