[Peace-discuss] Mr Smith Goes to Washington

[Neil Parthun]

Um, I think he is saying that corporate power can be resisted by
establishing local communities and local economies rather than acquiescing
to the power and economic influence of multinational corporate power
interests.

So, I see it being far from bending over.  It is a different paradigm to the
one of trying to reform corporate interests to make them more "humane".  I
am not making any value judgments but rather just pointing out the reality
of his philosophy.  One person can not realistically believe that they can
take down the entire power structure to which they are opposed and it will
only bring disappointment, anger and eventual burn out to believe that would
be possible.  However, limited work within the local community to begin
transferring it to something more manageable, more humane and more
sustainable is indeed a possibility.  By doing things such as that, the
paradigm has a possibility of shifting not only in the local communities but
in the rest of the nation/world as well eventually.  After all, all politics
is local.

Don't mourn, organize!
                    x Neil x

You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.
[ken kesey, 1935-2001]

Keep your blood clean, your body lean and your mind sharp.
[henry rollins, 1961-]

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must
make that attempt.  That's morality, that's religion.  That's art.  That's
life.
[phil ochs, 1940-1976]

Neil Parthun || lennybrucefan at gmail.com || http://publici.ucimc.org
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