https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/31/preston-hit-rock-bottom-took-back-control
Month: March 2018
Which contradictions were you thinking of?
“cultural revolutions typically precede political revolutions, as the former creates the social conditions for a critical mass of the people to embrace new social values that orient them toward the possibility of another world” Kali Akuno & Ajamu Nangwaya
On the importance of education and information dissemination. And in my opinion, speculative fiction.
There’s a call to action for solidarity and mutual aid with Cooperation Jackson at the end of chapter one of Jackson Rising.
What’s exciting is that with the 3rd and 4th industrial revolutions, there’s a chance I can give that solidarity from across the globe. It could be financial, technical, informational, it could be microtasking on some problem.
It reminds me of Walkaway, where the remote network springs into action when a group needs their help. We rise up.
Great to see reuse and recycling flagged as key parts of the Jackson plan, part of a deemphasis of production/consumption. Even tool libraries get a mention! I’d like to see repair get more of an explicit mention too.
Places bypassed by capital might provide the best opportunity for alternative economies.
“the weak and relatively sparse concentration of capital in Mississippi creates a degree of “breathing room” on the margins and within the cracks of the capitalist system that a project like ours can maneuver and experiment within in the quest to build a viable anti-capitalist alternative.”
Makes me think cities like London are probably lost causes for now.
Loving the first chapter of Jackson Rising. Straight-up practical details on bootstrapping a solidarity economy, from people that are doing it, and doing it in pretty adverse conditions.
Voting closed, and the next book for the social.coop reading group will be Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi.
“Jackson Rising is a chronicle of one of the most dynamic, but under-documented experiments in radical social transformation taking place in the United States.”
Looking forward to learning about Cooperation Jackson.
And with that, I’ll pass the hosting baton on to @Matt_Noyes. Cheers!