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‘Healing the Hurts of Capitalism

– From Isolation to Connection’

This is the title of a book and the name of a project. Both are aimed at helping each other to imagine and build a better world dedicated to meeting our needs as human beings and to the long-term protection of the natural world.

Ken Loach, the highly respected and internationally renowned film maker, says:

“How do we break old habits and routines that stop us making progress?  In organising politically, how do we escape ways of doing things that are either self-defeating or out of date?

Those involved in radical politics frequently put their heads in their hands in despair as old habits die hard – too often they are as destructive as ever.  Or attempts to break the mould seem as eccentric and counter-productive as the patterns they would replace.

It seems that we are on the rails, travelling to a destination that has already been determined.  How to escape?  Let’s open the book and see what Micheline and Alan suggest ….”