From my time spent with the coalition, the motto, “universal struggles,” has floated around pretty heavily. Anthony Diaz, co-founder of the coalition has made it a personal mission to bring together the bundles of individuals who have been hurt consistently by capitalism and the failing cities that house them.
One of the biggest bundles of people that the coalition has partnered with in order to work toward the coalition’s priority of interconnected struggles would be through the Lenni-Lenape Tribe. The Lenni Lenape tribe is the indigenous people of northeastern America. Based mainly on the Three-Sisters Munsee farms, the partnership began one year ago in August 2021 with basic volunteer work. Volunteers at the coalition would come and support the farm with labor. Now, in 2022, the coalition is building its own greenhouse on the farm, whilst the coalition delivers filtered water to the tribe.
I believe the coalition does view the democratic control over life giving items and parts of the world as a core principle of their mission. The coalition views all assets on the globe as being responsible and ideally owned by the people to which the objects are respective too. Local control is a conversation that gets brought up time and time again. The only issue is that I believe the structure of the coalition is not built for exponential growth in regard to interpersonal relationships. There is an air and unspoken model of, “get the work done at any and all costs,” that breeds some level of hostility and confusion.
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