Components of Local and Worldwide Revolution:
Yes, a fanatic may be someone who demands a revolution when only a little course correction is needed. But what is a course correction of selfishness, individualism, exploitation, xenophobia and contempt for peoples, for nature, for compassion in a world of oppression, war and the disintegration of life? It is nothing more than a flimsy screen pretending to hide the putrescence of this evil, corrupt social system from an audience trained to follow cues of puppet masters. We will follow their cues no longer. We see the evil, and we will work to defeat it. It is the time for revolution. It is our destiny and our duty to discover and create a new system, a system that truly serves the people and serves the earth in which we live.
So now I ask you to push your assumptions to the side for a little while. We have to consider things with new, unclouded eyes.
Here are necessary components of that revolution, the revolution that must occur in our hearts, our homes, our local communities, our many lands and cultures and in that worldwide social bond, that One People that our revolution will create.
1. Demilitarization.
2. Reintegration with Nature.
3. Determination of resource use by the needs of living systems.
4. Socialization of human services.
5. Cooperative community dialogue.
6. Socialization of industry and agriculture.
7. Democratic planning of civilization.
8. Celebration of life.
What are these components?
1. Demilitarization.
Retask the armies. It will be one army. An army that does not fight wars. Go out and serve the people. Bring physical solutions to the large problems facing people everywhere. Build the service forces with young workers with decision-making power, who travel the world, learning to help in diverse situations.
And, also, carefully disarm all weapons of mass destruction, and dismantle all anti-social espionage and mercenary forces.
2. Reintegration with Nature.
Set these tasks for designers, architects and scientists:
- Restore earth’s ecosystems.
- Create spaces in which all people can live close to nature and learn from her.
3. Determination of resource use by the needs of living systems.
All living systems have value, including human culture.
Plan and implement systems of resource use that enhance, rather than destroy living systems.
4. Socialization of human services.
Periodically ask - What are the needs of humans now?
Continually determine - How can we meet the most urgent of those needs now?
Build the system that delivers what is needed.
5. Cooperative community dialogue.
The revolution is in our hearts. We all need to listen and change.
How can I open my heart wide enough for this diversity of peoples?
How can we move beyond our pride and our shame?
How do we unite?
6. Socialization of industry and agriculture.
Make these machines accountable to the workers and to all people.
Determine when to use giant production systems, and when to break the system into smaller, more local parts.
7. Democratic planning of civilization.
It’s only a revolution if the people are the motive force.
Democracy is when the people decide where to go.
Democracy is when the people educate themselves and learn how to create and to move forward as a single force.
8. Celebration of life.
Prove the revolution by throwing a party.
Celebrate and praise the workers, the planners, the living creatures, the places and our life together.
Sing that we have found a way to start becoming One People.
