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Moving on

…I think this generation of activists has a body of knowledge based on the trajectory of things that have happened in the last thirty, forty years that you are actually more humble about.

Turning the tide

Turning the tide I20 Jan. 29, 2015 I guess what I keep hoping is that the people who are using the skills of working together, of growing food, making things, of connecting with people despite barriers and differences, that when there is an inevitable big shift in this particularly unsustainable political and economical world we

The limits of success

…our success in one area limits our ability to be a real agent for wider change, so I think that’s a barrier in the long term if not necessarily right now.

Acting to win

….I think that the left needs to stop feeling like a perennial loser and start acting more like the obvious winn[ing] choice.

Solidarity and sectarianism

…I felt like we weren’t on the same team.

Struggling past isolation

I think some of the most significant barriers right now…have to do with the feeling of being really isolated, separated, disconnected….

Means and ends

You have to decide before your action, what is my end result? What do I want to achieve?