Re by Doyle Canning

Author:Doyle Canning
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2017-12-08T16:00:00+00:00

Reclaiming public space to grow food, sometimes called guerilla gardening, is an example of literally creating a different future. Even if the garden is only temporary it still prefigures a different possibility.

One of the most common assumptions in power-holders’ narratives is some version of the “There Is No Alternative” (TINA) control myth.8 (See Section 3.9.) In these instances, the effective articulation of a plausible story about a different future can be a powerful challenge to the status quo narrative, particularly when the alternatives promoted are both “visionary and oppositional.”9

Actions that contest a seemingly predetermined future are one type of action at the point of assumption. A few examples of this type of intervention include:

Activists confront agricultural biotechnology and the corporate takeover of the food system by transforming an empty lot into a garden where neighbors can grow healthy, organic food.

Homes Not Jails activists challenge city officials to provide more housing for low-income families by occupying an abandoned building to create a place for people to live.

Public housing residents who have been pushing for a better childcare space take action at the local government office, and instead of just protesting, they transform the office into the day care center the community needs.10

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