hi Kevin,<br><br>I completely agree with your approach, which seems congruent with mine,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Kevin Carson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:free.market.anticapitalist@gmail.com">free.market.anticapitalist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Sam,<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> I'm personally not suggesting that p2p people should create a political<br>
> party, BUT, I do think that we should have bridges to the institutional<br>
> world, and that includes a network of sympathetic politicians,<br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">> so it's not about creating a p2p political party, but of meshworking<br>
> political and non-political people around shared concerns wherever they can<br>
> be active<br>
<br>
</div>I think what you suggest is the optimal form of political<br>
participation. �The first emphasis should be on building<br>
counterinstitutions at the local level and taking advantage of the<br>
potential offered by liberatory technologies to create spaces outside<br>
of state/corporate control, as Sam writes here:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Instead, I am really focused on<br>
>> providing plausible alternatives to food, energy, education,<br>
>> technology and culture systems in our cities and communities, where<br>
>> people can co-govern the resources, an collaborate with others in the<br>
>> region who are doing the same.<br>
<br>
</div>To the extent that we're involved in politics, it should be by<br>
developing informal friendly ties and networking with particular<br>
individuals inside the party establishments, or by participating in ad<br>
hoc issue-oriented pressure campaigns in coalition with groups like<br>
EFF.<br>
<br>
--<br>
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