Hi Folks,
Maybe someone has written about this before and I missed it, but just
wanted to check...
I just finished reading Naomi Klein's 2017 book No Is No Enough,
Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need, the focus
of which is that resistance to the critical issues we face today, while
necessary, is not enough and needs to be addressed by a powerful positive
holistic vision created and supported by a movement comprised of a broad
coalition of diverse grassroots groups. Proposed action cannot be slow
incremental change but must take a Leap and move rapidly and comprehensively
as happened in prep for WWII and other times of radical transformative
change.
Much of her work has been done in Canada with groups that have come
together to create "The Leap Manifesto, A Call for a Canada Based on Caring
for the Earth and One Another." If you replace "Canada" with "The U.S."
in the document, the issues are basically the same.. A sentence toward
the end of the document reads: We call for town hall meetings
across the country where residents can gather to democratically define
what a genuine leap to the next economy means in their
communities."
Hmmm, that sounds familiar...
So, just wondering if colleagues in Canada (or the US) are connected with
this. Any comments on the book?
Ellie
