Re: Rhizomatic?
Chuck0 wrote:
The use of the word “rhizome” is fairly common among contemporary grassroots activists. After all it is a biological term used to describe how some plant species propagate. I use the word to describe my own strategy for building movements of social change. Instead of building a few top-down organizations, you build up a network of autonomous de-centralized organizations which eventually add up to something bigger. The anti-globalization movements can be described as “rhizomatic”. The Zapatistas have their own ways of describing the same thing.
So what’s the goal? Becoming the tree? Killing the tree? Taking on a new life form?
Doug