This does not mean we sit back and do nothing, and wait for the revolution. We need reforms which help to disintegrate, not consolidate capitalist industrialism. I think that a lot of the work we do as activists helps consolidate the system. For example, we hear the comment that consumerism is the main problem. There is little talk about continual industrial growth, with consumerism as an aspect of this.
Growth remains unchallenged by our practice.
Winona LaDuke, who spoke at the conference, pointed out that capitalism requires continual intervention into other lands and cultures. David Suzuki showed that in our culture the economy determines the society. So activists had better make sure they understand the nature of the economy they are operating in. We surely need an understanding of this if we are searching for a sustainable forestry. A sustainable society is one which does not destroy our ecology or our communities and which has social justice as its core.