tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post4539449710026813642..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: The State As TheaterJack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-90946713496458988172010-05-26T16:52:23.917-04:002010-05-26T16:52:23.917-04:00Spartacus,
I understand your focus. I think in th...Spartacus,<br /><br />I understand your focus. I think in the right hands, especially ones which have a whole lot of active participation, an organization might function usefully for a specific period of time.<br /><br />I'm just not confident of the durability of the "right hands."<br /><br />My issue isn't organizing. It's organization.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-49469429643225920112010-05-26T13:01:08.776-04:002010-05-26T13:01:08.776-04:00I put together a reading list http://skookumgeoduc...I put together a reading list http://skookumgeoduck.blogspot.com/2005/06/recommended-reading.html a while back, consistent with this philosophy. When I spoke about useful organizations, I was talking about cooperative associations engaged in dispersing power. <br /><br />In Europe, the movement to decentralize control of social needs from states to nations is transforming the Celtic nations, Basque country, and Cataluna. In Canada, Northern Ireland and the Andes, first nations are revolutionizing society. Allying with the principles of this indigenous resurgence is one way to create a more democratic world. <br /><br />How we go about devolution in the US is yet to be determined, but we will need community-based political organizations to do it.Jay Taberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016367021003977811noreply@blogger.com