>The use of the word "rhizome" is fairly common among contemporary
>grassroots activists. After all it is a biological term used to
>describe how some plant species propagate. I use the word to
>describe my own strategy for building movements of social change.
>Instead of building a few top-down organizations, you build up a
>network of autonomous de-centralized organizations which eventually
>add up to something bigger. The anti-globalization movements can be
>described as "rhizomatic". The Zapatistas have their own ways of
>describing the same thing.
So what's the goal? Becoming the tree? Killing the tree? Taking on a new life form?
Doug