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Naomi Klein has reminded us that “No is not enough.” To save the planet from impending catastrophe, people need a positive vision of a better world and the roads leading to it. In other words, a credible picture of a possible Utopia and a plausible account of how to get there from here. But is "Another World" REALLY possible? | Naomi Klein has reminded us that “No is not enough.” To save the planet from impending catastrophe, people need a positive vision of a better world and the roads leading to it. In other words, a credible picture of a possible Utopia and a plausible account of how to get there from here. But is "Another World" REALLY possible? | ||
- | To answer that question, we Future Historians are performing a thought experiment: if there is even one chance in a hundred for a better world — we at least ought to be able to //imagine// it. So we place ourselves in the position of historians living in a peaceful, egalitarian, democratic society on a damaged, but stabilized, planet, in 2118. We cast our gaze back 100 years to 2018 and reconstruct HOW our great-grandparents got us from THEN — today’s capitalist death-spiral — to NOW: a sustainable, egalitarian global society, free of war, oppression and exploitation. For further information, see [[about-us|About Us]]. To begin, go to [[To the youth|To the Youth of 2118]]. | + | To answer that question, we Future Historians are performing a thought experiment: if there is even one chance in a hundred for a better world — we at least ought to be able to //imagine// it. So we place ourselves in the position of historians living in a peaceful, egalitarian, democratic society on a damaged, but stabilized, planet, in 2118. We cast our gaze back 100 years to 2018 and reconstruct HOW our great-grandparents got us from THEN — today’s capitalist death-spiral — to NOW: a sustainable, egalitarian global society, free of war, oppression and exploitation. For further information, see [[about-us|About Us]]. To begin, read [[To the youth|To the Youth of 2118]]. |
For full access to this Wiki or other questions, send email to [[mailto:AnotherWorldNYC@gmail.com|AnotherWorldNYC@gmail.com]]// | For full access to this Wiki or other questions, send email to [[mailto:AnotherWorldNYC@gmail.com|AnotherWorldNYC@gmail.com]]// |