At its essence, the message of the Occupations is simply this: โHere in the face of power we will sit and create a new society, in which you do count.โ
StarhawkOnly by transforming our own economy to one of peace can we make possible economic democracy in the Third World or our own country. The present economy generates wars to protect its profits and its short-term interests, while squandering the future. Unless we transform the economy, we cannot end war.
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