A Blog Posting by Thomas Linzey of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from November 9, 2017.
While I shouldn’t be surprised anymore when someone at a conference asks why CELDF’s community organizing doesn’t take on capitalism directly, the question still startles me. The intimation is that our work nibbles around the edges, rather than being focused on directly changing the underlying economic system that rewards community-destroying behavior. Therefore, the question suggests, CELDF’s work is destined to fail.
Not only does the question reflect a misunderstanding of our work, it also buys into the myth of how systems change. MORE…