“he issue of inequality in this country [USA], and the ways that money has captured our political system, are serious indicators of that. And climate change is a game-changer. We really are in serious trouble as a species if we stick with business as usual. We desperately need to find alternatives, and in fact we are surrounded by them.” IfsWayNeedsCountryFactsPoliticalGamesIssuesTroubleSeriousSticksClimateSpeciesClimate ChangeInequalityAlternativesUsaUsualCapturedPolitical SystemsIndicatorsGame Changers Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“The main argument is that capitalism is constituted by a varied of different practices, and so challenging capitalism needs to be about a variety of struggles. I draw on the important work of J.K. Gibson-Graham, who argues that we should model anti-capitalist struggle on feminist struggles.” NeedsShouldImportantDifferentChallengesPracticeStruggleModelsDrawsCapitalismArgumentFeministArguingVarietyCapitalistImportant Work Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“I often refer to myself as a radical, reminding people that the word radical comes from the Latin word radix, meaning root. I think we need to get to the roots of problems as we try to solve them. I also like the word anti-capitalist.” PeopleThinkingNeedsTryingProblemRootsSolveRadicalLatinCapitalistReminding Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“In Marxism there are some very unhelpful ideas about the need to push for a revolution that will overturn all of society. Marx gets that from Hegel, and it leads to some very bad politics, such as the hope that things must get worse because that will then turn into the antithesis and get better from there. A kind of wishful thinking then grows out of not seeing a realistic path forward.” ThinkingNeedsKindIdeasTurnsGrowsPathSeeingRevolutionGet BetterRealisticMarxismWishful ThinkingAntithesisHegelBad Politics Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“We need to hold in our hearts the possibility of a better world, not because we have candy-coated the problems or lied about what we can accomplish, but because we know that we do often win and make a difference, and that all the good things we have in the world are the results of those who have had the courage and commitment to have done this work before us.” KnowsWorldNeedsHeartDoneProblemWinningDifferencesResultsPossibilityCommitmentGood ThingsAccomplishMaking A DifferenceCandyLied Author:Cynthia Kauffman