to_the_youth
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
| Next revision Both sides next revision | |||
|
to_the_youth [2017/09/14 15:33] admin created |
to_the_youth [2017/09/20 14:43] admin |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| It is hard to remember that a mere hundred years ago, the planet was rapidly dissolving into chaos and destruction, with vast inequality, oppression and exploitation, endless wars and civil wars, a ruined environment and the impending threats of nuclear extermination and climate catastrophe. Today, the young people of the 22nd century are growing up without direct knowledge of how we got from there to here, without parents, grandparents and neighbors who survived through the tremendous upheavals of the 21st century. It is for them that we historians have put together this story about who we are and where we came from. | It is hard to remember that a mere hundred years ago, the planet was rapidly dissolving into chaos and destruction, with vast inequality, oppression and exploitation, endless wars and civil wars, a ruined environment and the impending threats of nuclear extermination and climate catastrophe. Today, the young people of the 22nd century are growing up without direct knowledge of how we got from there to here, without parents, grandparents and neighbors who survived through the tremendous upheavals of the 21st century. It is for them that we historians have put together this story about who we are and where we came from. | ||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| - | |||
| Although the radical planetary emergence of the last century put an end to capitalist predation before its multiple catastrophic consequences totally overwhelmed the planet, it was a close call. | Although the radical planetary emergence of the last century put an end to capitalist predation before its multiple catastrophic consequences totally overwhelmed the planet, it was a close call. | ||
| Line 21: | Line 17: | ||
| And so, bit by bit, workplaced by workplace, town by town and country by country, wherever the deepening crisis had created similar conditions, workers got together and organised occupations, takeovers, tax-auction buyouts and went back to work -- this time for themseves – and their customers. And in many cases, their customers were other worker-run enterprises: self-organised workers in garment factories became the customers of workers in a textile cooperative, whose customers were transportation workers in need of clothes who could deliver the textiles. . Out of acts of individual barter, more complex networks of non-commercial exchange and distribution developed. | And so, bit by bit, workplaced by workplace, town by town and country by country, wherever the deepening crisis had created similar conditions, workers got together and organised occupations, takeovers, tax-auction buyouts and went back to work -- this time for themseves – and their customers. And in many cases, their customers were other worker-run enterprises: self-organised workers in garment factories became the customers of workers in a textile cooperative, whose customers were transportation workers in need of clothes who could deliver the textiles. . Out of acts of individual barter, more complex networks of non-commercial exchange and distribution developed. | ||
| + | [[internet-recon|The Internet During Reconstruction]] | ||
to_the_youth.txt · Last modified: 2018/11/18 10:46 by admin
Page Tools
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
