[AUT] Great News PGA Conference

[Robin Fairbridge Gaskell <drought-breaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends,
  I am a Post -Capitalist of 68 winters who has been waiting for some
concerted action to find the better alternative to Capitalism for some time.
  I do use a capital letter when writing the name of the system which has
proved its unworthiness, only because I know we must respect our enemy, and
not underestimate it.

 But I have a warning: people will not embrace a system if they cannot
read its principles, and see it successfully in operation.

  Criticism of our powerful, but misguided, adversaries must take a
secondary place to the establishment of successful communities based on
co-operation and sustainability.  Any progressive group that bases its work
on opposition, resistence and criticism will fail.  Positive substance in a
movement is needed if it is to succeed and to inspire people to embrace it.

  Truly 'centralisation of power' and 'economic efficiency' are the false
gods to be avoided.  The common wealth of Humanity should be the guide to
our actions.

  In short, the fundamental matter is to get the philosophy right.  A
successful Post-Capitalist system will not be a materially satisfying one,
but a philosophically balanced one.   A fair, and co-operative, culture is
one with most possibility of survival, but only if it sees itself as part
of nature, and not its master.

  While I, personally, do not travel to overseas conferences, I will
however, be able to participate in the development of Post-Capitalist
philosophy.  Thus, I would like to be put in touch with other PGA thinkers.

Best Wishes for the Conference,

Robin Gaskell