start off by doing something in your own neighbourhood....there are plenty
of local issues that needs our attention....while it is useful to be aware
of whats happening globally, it is difficult to effect *changes* without
physical presence....since most of us do not have money to throw around, if
you want to help girls like malala, perhaps you can start helping
underprivileged children in your city/village....or go to rural pakistan and
help out in the schools there....
changes are afoot in your neighbourhood....here's castells talking about
happenings that are already well-documented by major news organizations:
"What I refer to is about the observation of one of my latest studies on
people who have decided not to wait for the revolution - to start living
differently - meaning the expansion of what I call in a technical term
'non-capitalist practices'. "They are economic practices but they don't have
a for-profit motivation - such as barter networks; such as social
currencies; co-operatives; self-management; agricultural networks; helping
each other simply in terms of wanting to be together; networks of providing
services for free to others in the expectation that someone will also
provide to you. All this exists and it's expanding throughout the world."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20027044
deb.
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From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Avril Maddrell
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 3:37 AM
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Subject: Re: Days for Malala's hope - petition in support of female
education in Pakistan
Useful critiques of Avaaz etc. in this thread, but the issues remain;
individuals can judge whether helpful to sign and/or take forward in other
ways. Other suggestions?
Best wishes,
Avril
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