[Imc-alternatives] Fwd: Read this! A "Utopia Towards Peace" in Spain

[Jay]

Hi,

Wow, Josef, this is great.  Thanks for passing it along.

In the past we've talked very vaguely about having blogs syndicate to 
the alternatives site, but didn't know exactly what kind of blogs 
would be appropriate.  This kind of content would be a great fit.

Jay

At 3/23/2008, you wrote:


>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Josef Davies-Coates 
><<mailto:josef at uniteddiversity.com>josef at uniteddiversity.com>
>Date: 23 Mar 2008 13:09
>Subject: Read this! A "Utopia Towards Peace" in Spain
>To: <mailto:uniteddiversity at lists.riseup.net>uniteddiversity at lists.riseup.net
>
>Check out this place in Spain, Marinaleda "A Utopia Towards Peace" 
>(the local council's slogan!) in Andalucia, where they have 
>reclaimed 1500 hectares of land from the local count and have set 
>about building their own little utopia!
>
><http://pathsthroughutopia.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/a-utopian-detour/>http://pathsthroughutopia.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/a-utopian-detour/
>
>The local Mayor (who has been in power for 30 years - its been a 
>long struggle including 700 people going on hunger strike for 13 
>days, trapping the Spanish president in a local village, 25 days of 
>government building occupation in Seville, sabotaging the Counts 
>farm machinery and most importantly occupying his land -  describes 
>capitalism as "A thieving and terrorist system. Thieving because it 
>is based on expropriation and exploitation and terrorist because it 
>uses violence to maintain the privileges of the few"
>
>They have full employment and have self built over 300 houses and 
>are building 120 more. And lots more!
>
>Wow.
>
>I'm off to do more research 
><http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Marinaleda>http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Marinaleda
>
>Big smiles,
>
>Josef.
>
>
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>
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