<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[the commune]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[internationalcommunist]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thecommune.wordpress.com/author/internationalcommunist/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[bristol commune forum on &#8216;localisation&#8217;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The next Bristol reading group session will be on Sunday 22nd August at 6pm in <a href="http://freefactory.wordpress.com/">The Factory</a>, Cave Street off Portland Square, Saint Pauls, Bristol. (Note the change of venue).</p>
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<p>The session will discuss whether localisation is a viable strategy to enable a form of capitalism which doesn&#8217;t threaten the ecology of the planet. Suggested background reading below. All welcome: email <a href="mailto:uncaptiveminds@gmail.com" target="_blank">uncaptiveminds@gmail.com</a> for more info.<!--more--></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cseweb.org.uk/downloads/hines.pdf">Colin Hines article on localisation as an alternative to globalisation</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/albo_ecolocalism.pdf">A critique of localism by Gregory Albo</a></p>
<p><a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/kovel-2007d.pdf">Joel Kovel &#8211; Extract from </a><em><a href="https://thecommune.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/kovel-2007d.pdf">The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?</a></em></p>
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