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From: "Marvin Gandall" <marvgandall at rogers.com>
> I'm not sure what you mean by joining
> you in a "weakening process" in the meantime. Does it involve more than
> observing, reading, writing, and discussing in this period, and
> participating in reform and solidarity activities?
My favourite, still, is defunding the Bretton Woods Institutions, starting in the financial markets: http://www.worldbankboycott.org
Join us!
> There
> is a powerful argument to be made, in fact, that such things as the fight
> for labour, gay, women's and minority rights, for a revamping of global
> finance and trade relationships, for an end to the war in Iraq, and other
> necessary democratic reforms strengthen the system more than they weaken
> it - which of course doesn't mean these are not still fully deserving of
our
> support.
It means working through the differences between reformist reforms and non-reformist reforms, and giving more weight to the latter, no?