The radical uncertainty of this moment can enlarge our sense of possibility

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from YES! Magazine:


Don’t Let the Apocalypse Get You Down
The climate crisis is spinning out of control, and the gap between the rich and poor continues grow unabated. It’s time to let the radical uncertainty of this moment enlarge our sense of possibility.

by Sarah van Gelder
posted May 22, 2013


Is YES! Magazine going all apocalyptic? No, we haven’t run out of hope, and we aren’t giving up on transformation. To the contrary, the precariousness of our future is inspiring us to get radical­—to look for change that goes to the roots of our culture.

We humans are in an untenable moment. The window we have to take on the climate crisis is small. The poor and middle class are getting poorer. Species around the world are dying, and along with them the web of life. And many of the change strategies of the past are stymied; marches on Washington get ignored, and the federal government is largely captured by big-money interests.

So for this issue of YES! we asked how change can happen—and how it is happening now. What strategies are imaginative and powerful enough to meet the opportunities and the dangers of this moment?

We didn’t find any one-size-fits-all answers. But we did find approaches to change that blend the best of new and old, and we found shifts in attitude that suggest new openings:

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* There is growing willingness to name corporate rule and global capitalism as key problems, and to look to decentralized, place-based economies as the answer. While capitalism is viewed more favorably among all Americans than socialism, the reverse is true among those under 29, African Americans and Hispanics, and those making less than $30,000 a year, according to a Pew poll. And more Americans have a favorable view of socialism than of the Tea Party. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/love-and-the-apocalypse/how-to-act-powerfully

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1. du rec. nt

[chervilant]

2. This resonates for me.

I still have high hopes for #Occupy, because so many more of us are discussing what's happening and what can be / needs to be done. I remain hopeful that we won't have to be faced with an acute global catastrophe to motivate essential change.