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Hawthorne, Susan. Wild Politics. Spinifex Press. North Melbourne, Australia.
In her opening statement Hawthorne lays out our problem and our solution: Disconnection is critical for a system based on profit. By contrast, biodiversity relies on connection and relationship. If DISPOSABLE PEOPLE is depressing, WILD POLITICS provides an inspiring antidote to its message by giving a feminist critique of our present world, an explanation of the structures that enable exploitation and an amazing range of actions by women, peasants, farmers, workers everywhere who defy the globalization paradigm and connect to our common humanity Read more [...]
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Hawthorne, Susan. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. 2005. Spinifex Press. Melbourne, Australia.
From the physical sciences comes the theory that all life is interconnected, that even the gentle movement of a butterfly’s wing can connect to vast and distant changes and consequences. The pages of this book are like those frail wings; marks on delicate paper that connect and relate.
In Wild Politics Hawthorne explored the growth of wisdom and strength in a world of biodiversity and cultural diversity; a world where everything is connected and politics are best nurtured in their own home environment. She showed how disconnection is vital Read more [...]
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Hawthorne, Susan & Bronwyn Winter eds. After Shock: September 11, 2001 / Global Feminist Perspectives. 2003. Raincoast Books, Vancouver, BC.
“There are a hundred ways to be a good citizen, and one of them is to look, finally, at things we don't want to see.”
Barbara Kingsolver in After Shock
This volume was originally published as SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives in 2002 by Spinifex Press of Australia. It has lost none of its importance or relevance in the last two years. The words of women on the evils of violence are prophetic as we see in horror the war of occupation in Iraq, the increase repression in Palestine and the fallout of USA militarism everywhere – including Read more [...]
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