In another year we will likely face an economic meltdown none of us could have imagined. Today an article talked about gas next year being $10 a gallon. Other articles are talking about food rations - something we associate only with "third world" countries. So who is the third world country now? And when that happens, we can be pretty sure that our government will not be there for us, will not help us. Rather, we will be left to fend entirely for ourselves."
I was intrigued by the name chosen for the World Prout Assembly Event being held in Radford, VA later this month, "Building A New World" Conference. Can you please tell me why WPA feels we need to build a new world?
Garda: "Well, our present world is really on the verge of collapse. Numerous articles attest to this and keep warning us. We can talk about ecological/environmental collapse, drastic climate changes which millions are not going to survive. Then there's economic collapse, already on the horizon, and finally military collapse, as due to the economic collapse the Empire will no longer be able to sustain its hundreds of economic colonies around the world.
Essentially, we are watching capitalism in its death throes. So we need to be super alert now and be ready to provide solutions to the people. Solutions like forming cooperatives and spreading workplace democracy, creating local, self-sufficient communities. This is the future, and it's up to us to educate people. It's time to start our own vegetable and fruit gardens because in the coming collapse we just won't have money to buy produce imported from Chile, Brazil and other countries. Many people write about the woes of the world today. This is good. We need to educate people about how they're being exploited. But at the same time we must provide solutions, and primarily economic solutions."
Whose idea was it to do the conference? How did the idea come about?
Garda: "Out of intense frustration with the status quo, I started the WPA website in January, 2005. Its goal is to expose injustice and work for Justice in all spheres of life. Its vision is also to join the struggle to wrest economic power from corporations and hand it to the people."
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