hilos

one thing that i think would also help bring communities closer is not only a space but means to be able to use it. that means having the time to go there. i don’t actually know how to impact this other than continuing the fight for better wages, better working conditions, better benefits, and less working time for all people, so they have time to spend with their families and develop instead of working two shifts all the time.

i mean there are just some things a garden can’t do. this is where the importance of educating and organizing ourselves come in. this may seem rather vague but i don’t think that many people really believe the current political system to be on their side, or fighting for their rights. so how do we deal with this disconnect?

we can’t not participate and when we do we know the choice between who we elect is not all that different, or if it seems to be, even well meaning people will be undonne by the restrictions placed on how and what they can actually push forward.

i don’t mean to discuss electoral politics but it just seems ineffective sometimes, plus there is all the other people who can’t vote including some immigrants and young people. so how de we then participate in electoral politics? do we?

i don’t know. but what i wanted to get at was the importance of seeing what we can do and what other people have done, like creating alternative education routes, and here in chicago a group of activists formed the alternative consulate to the mexican consulate because of the bureacracy they saw the consulate get tangled in.

i guess i have not quite figured out how to fit all this in, but i feel thoughts rearranging themselves in my head as i learn more and more about our societies and communities. sorry about the vagueness but that is what it looks like in my mind.