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So utopias, then, must be different from each other, yet their global expression must have weight, if we are to dislodge the global pyramid of power that has such a hold on our imaginations and our lives. How? [i follow] the Vikalp Sangam project and the Global tapestry of Alternatives, which compile in detail the many different experiments in resistance and alternative living that are taking place around the world.
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She had recently come to the conclusion that the world she lived in was not a separate, self-contained thing, but actually an intersection of many worlds. There was the world of the beetle, the world of her mother pounding spices in the kitchen downstairs, the chess-world, where her brother battled the evil enemy king, and who knows how many hidden worlds outside her awareness?
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I was familiar with some of the Indian stories: the legendary Mendha Lekha village in Maharashtra, which had defeated the scourge of alcoholism, protected its forests, and its right to self-determination; the extraordinary story of the Dalit women of the Deccan Development society and their organic farming revolution; the resilience of the Dongria Kondh tribals in their struggle to protect their beloved hills.
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