Summer Assembly 2019 in Germany
It’s time to get together, with openness, trust, and emancipation...
...Designing the future
The economic system that dominates our world has passed far beyond its tipping point. More and
more people have come to understand this, and they fear for the future. Answers from left parties
fail to go beyond a “let’s make it a bit less worse” mentality and leave the field clear for right-wing
endeavours.
We see an absolute necessity to counter such agitations with a movement that includes everyone.
We want to live with and not against each other.
Instead of being dazzled by nationalistic ideologies, we refuse to think of people within the constraints of pigeonholes and wish to encounter each other’s particularity with respect and care. Being
open and self-critical towards our own mechanisms, and shedding light on make-believe taboo
subjects such as power and hierarchy, are integral parts of this movement.
...de-growing growth
Taking care of our planet and living together peacefully are not compatible with an economic system
based on the exploitation of people and our connatural world; a system that can only be kept alive
through a constant growth mindset, excluding more and more people who cannot be turned into
‘value’. The climate is not only becoming more volatile in the atmosphere, but also on earth. Conflicts and wars are being fuelled while arms-expenditure soars. For as long as we can remember,
thousands and thousands are dying within this system, and almost one billion people go hungry
while a third of our food production lands in the bin.
We prefer to change the system and not the climate, refusing to be part of a society that understands
nature as a mere resource and animals as meat; a society that does not leave time for care activities
and judges people based on their cost and efficiency.
We are walking a new path.
... living utopia
We share the common vision that we can overcome existing conditions of human separation and
work towards new forms of conviviality. New kinds of relationships can come into being by openly
sharing and communicating needs and talents. Ones that recognise individuality as a basis for our
interactions and consider our differences as an enrichment of our experiences.
The challenges of our times cannot be treated individually, neither can they be solved by individuals
or parties. We want to develop new forms of living together to make a good life, for all, possible.
Conscious of our dependence on this earth and also on each other, we are deeply convinced that we
can live together according to our needs and abilities. Many of us call it moneyfree(er)-living, others
Ecommony, Commonism, or the gift economy, while others talk about unconditional sharing. But,
instead of tripping over terminology, let’s start to re-create the world: we celebrate the experiment of
living utopia to confront the global issues of our time, beyond nations.
We will meet again in summer 2019!
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