In a message dated 97-06-06 13:42:10 EDT, you write: >I think that for all kinds of reasons, we actually have to be _in_ the >communities we're trying to change. For some of us, this may mean >unions, or campaings for/against various things (workfare, police >brutality, a living wage) run by the people who are effected most by >them. Ultimately, socialism will be built by people responding to their >immediate circumstances and finding that it requires a change in the >relations of power. I think local activism is important, but it is only part of the answer. People spend the bulk of their adult lives in unions, and not only do they not make social change, they vote conservatively. Certainly not all, but being involved in a local organization does not add up to working towards changes in the larger community. maggie coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
