Re: refocusing

Dear Richard,

        All (well, maybe at least a lot of) power to you in Ogden!
I've been out of the loop since Saturday.  It would be great if we could
amalgamate the agendas of the World and Small Parties, but history has a
way of taking one thing at a time.  Let's see what happens.

        Cheers,

        Warren 


On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Richard N Hutchinson wrote:

> I suggested that Warren be more specific/concrete, but since he hasn't
> responded yet, here is my own personal testimony, since I think he's
> right.
> 
> Praise the Global Green Anti-Systemic Forces!  Hallelujah!
> 
> Since I don't think I can start the global revolution all by myself,
> (especially not from Ogden, Utah), here's what seems doable in the near
> future:
> 
> 1)
> I'll be teaching my course on Social Movements this fall.  My plan is to
> make the movement against "globalization" the central empirical focus of
> the course (which will cover various theoretical approaches, of course,
> but the empirical examples could be any number of movements).  I'll be
> using, among other things, a new book from Worldwatch called "Vanishing
> Borders" on the environmental consequences of globlalization.
> 
> One goal of the course, then, will be to impart some global vision to the
> students -- some understanding of the Big Picture and what needs to be
> done.  (Hmmm... who does that sound like?)
> 
> 2)
> I'm less sure about this one, but it recently occurred to me that I might
> initiate some sort of red/green political organization/tendency in this
> bioregional vicinity.  
> 
> Any of you who are familiar with Warren Wagar's world-system prophetic
> novel (A Short History of the Future, is it?) may know what I mean when I
> say my goal with such a group would be to combine the best elements of the
> World Party and the Small Party, and not postpone the green reckoning so
> far down the road.
> 
> Well, sisters and brothers, that's my testimony.
> 
> I would be more than happy to drop these plans if it turns out one of
> you will be announcing the general uprising soon, or some other form of
> praxis becomes available on a higher plane of effectiveness.
> 
> Let's hear from others in the Church of the Egalitarian World!
> 
> Testify!  Strategize!
> 
> RH
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