{"id":584,"date":"2022-07-30T22:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T22:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/?page_id=584"},"modified":"2022-07-31T00:21:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T00:21:50","slug":"the-road-from-empire-to-eco-democracy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/the-road-from-empire-to-eco-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road from Empire to Eco-Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

As viewed by five United States Citizens in 2011
\nGene Marshall with coauthors Ben Ball,
\nMarsha Buck, Ken Kreutziger, and Alan Richard<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I hope The Road<\/strong> is read and discussed by groups of friends and neighbors across the country. Sidestepping the political stalemates of the day, the authors name the basic problems facing our society, explain why \u201ctaking the long view\u201d is crucial (but largely missing), and propose the processes by which we might create an ecodemocracy.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014Charlene Spretnak, author of Relational Reality,
\nThe Resurgence of the Real, and States of Grace<\/em><\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/h3>\n

Introduction: Toward a Unified Progressive Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part One: Ten Wake-up Calls for Civilized Sleepers<\/strong>
\n1. The Primacy of the Ecological Crisis
\n2. The Undermining of Democracy
\n3. The End of the Fossil-Fuel Economy
\n4. The Population Plight
\n5. The Continuing Drag of Patriarchy
\n6. The Enduring Curse of Racism
\n7. The Death Throes of Theocracy
\n8. The Obsolescence of War
\n9. The Tyranny of Phantom Wealth
\n10. The Horror of Poverty<\/p>\n

Part Two: Taking the Long View<\/strong>
\n11. The Dawn and Demise of Civilization
\n12. Living in a Transitional Period
\n13. Democracy as an Unfinished Revolution
\n14. Ecology, Democracy, Free Markets, and Socialism
\n15. Facts, Authenticity, and Workability
\n16. A New Spectrum of Political Positions<\/p>\n

Part Three: Seeing Society Whole<\/strong>
\n17. Economic Processes
\n18. Political Processes
\n19. Cultural Processes
\n20. The Rebalancing of Society<\/p>\n

Part Four: Eco-Democracy:<\/strong>
\nHow Do We Get There from Here?
\n21. The Plausibility of Radical Change
\n22. The Forces of Transformation
\n23. The Role and Limitations of Electoral Politics
\n24. The Never-Ending Task of Citizen Education
\n25. The Need for Nonviolent Noncooperation
\n26. The Strategic Importance of Local Empowerment
\n27. The Reshaping of Global Institutions
\n28. Step-by-Step Strategy
\n29. The Ever-Unfolding Vision, Strategy, and Action.<\/p>\n

Afterword: The Challenge to Each of Us<\/strong>
\nThe Road from Empire to Eco-Democracy calls us to explore and co-create a massive social trans-formation we will never fully understand and that will not be completed in our lifetimes. Currently, most social activists focus on their own worthwhile projects, but tend to lack a comprehensive overview of the deathtrap into which humanity has cornered itself, as well as how to construct a social vehicle within which humanity can survive and thrive. This book is an attempt to provide that.<\/p>\n

More rave reviews of The Road:<\/h3>\n
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\u201cThe authors represent a deep and wide range of experience in areas such as: education, engineering, business, energy, physics, music, urban planning, politics, social activism, ecology, feminism, and religion. Though vast changes are necessary, these authors envision humanity finding a plan of action that is satisfying and realistic. With this book we aim to fertilize the fruitful imagination and courage it will require to walk this Road. Wise, insightful, forthright, systemic, and clearly written, with moments of special brilliance. The framing of \u201cThe Forces of Transformation\u201d and \u201cThe Role and Limitations of Electoral Politics\u201d are particularly distinctive and useful contributions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy,
\nThe Great Turning From Empire toEarth Community,
\nand When Corporations Rule the World<\/p>\n

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\u201cI’m often depressed by the \u2026 un-integrated, non-systemic band-aid solutions which have become public policy staples.\u00a0The Road<\/strong> neither trivializes the challenges nor tumbles into the trap of simplistic solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014David Sanborn Scott, Ph.D., Vice-President (for Americas) International Hydrogen Association, Founding Director, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria, Canada, author of Smelling Land: The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe<\/p>\n

For your bargain, postage-free copy, send a check for $21 made out to:
\nGene Marshall at Realistic Living;
\n3578 N. State Hwy.; Bonham, TX 75418<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As viewed by five United States Citizens in 2011 Gene Marshall with coauthors Ben Ball, Marsha Buck, Ken Kreutziger, and Alan Richard “I hope The Road is read and discussed by groups of friends and neighbors across the country. Sidestepping the political stalemates of the day, the authors name the basic problems facing our society, … Continue reading The Road from Empire to Eco-Democracy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-584","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/584\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realisticliving.org\/New\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}