Thanks, Harrison!
About three weeks ago, some tough investigative journalists (Correctiv)
released an article on something atrocious that happened in Berlin. They
reported on a meeting of right wing extremists forging plans for getting
rid of folks with a migratory background.
Immediately, a huge number of people took to the streets in thousands of
cities of all sizes and are doing it to this day fighting for upholding
democracy in Germany.
It selforganized and then groups connected, probably thousands from all
areas of civil society... labor unions, churches, climate activists,
citizens movements of all kinds, such as Grandmothers for Future, anti
faschists, NGOs, city governments...
Nobody would have expected this kind of uprising.
This is a poignant example of how the force of selforganization unfolds
in critical situations.
For me it was a wonderful experience yesterday when folks got together
in our neighborhood in the afternoon. One hundred people were expected,
1300 came carrying hand made posters to the issue "Unser Kiez ist bunt -
kein Platz für Rassismus!". All ages, many families, all walks of life,
I met dozens of people I had not seen for years. The whole crowd had
tiny gatherings (similar to breakout sessions) discussing stuff and
moving about.
Regarding your statement "... the discomforture of the departure of the
old way of doing business and whatever is coming next.":
I have run into a book by Kohei Saito, a japanese scientist, a german
version was available last fall, the english one was published early
this year. He weighs into the old way... the english title is "Slow Down
- How Degrowth Communism Can Save The Earth"...
First time I ran into this topic was in 1972 when the Club of Rome
published "The Limits to Growth. A Report for the Club of Rome’s Project
on the Predicament of Mankind)", produced at MIT. Since then nothing has
taken place to actually reduce growth which appears to be a holy grail
of our way of doing things.
It will be extremely discomfortable, especially in the global north...
Wish we all could study his book. It is full of surprises and new
insights for me...
Love and Peace and see to it that you never work harder than you have to
ciao
m
Am 17.02.2024 um 17:32 schrieb hhowen--- via OSList:
As a world, we are obviously in a critical moment. Lots of Chaos,
confusion and conflict. And … there are also signs of renewal —
colonized peoples are finding the dignity and voice, forgotten peoples
left out of the contemporary world are discovering their place. A
great deal of moving and shaking, painful for everybody, but hopeful
for all. I believe we can actually make it, but somewhere along the
line we will have to deal with the Rage that has manifest itself,
coming from the discomforture of the departure of the old way of doing
business and whatever is coming next. I certainly don’t have the
answers, but I think I know where to start. The attached, “After the
Rage” is my best effort to the the moment. I believe it is a moment of
birth. Tell your own story!
Harrison
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