At 6:03 PM 8/14/96 -0400, Wendy Priesnitz wrote:
>We Greens share the vision of saving the world by saving the watersheds=85o=
ne
>local ecosystem at a time. And of being a Canada-wide, indeed world-wide,
>confederation of people working together in the political arena with the
>same goals. But first and foremost, Green politics is grassroots politics.
>To be Green means working, through grassroots organizing, to reverse the
>state-orientation of politics and create a climate in which citizens are
>active participants, rather than passive subjects of those in power.
i fail to grasp exactly how a grassroots movement, seperate from the state,
can use the state to its benefit. dont you just end up quiescing yourself
when you work through the state?
jason
i'm goin for a walk
not the after dinner kind
and i'm gonna use my hands
and i'm gonna use my mind.
