Table of Contents/No. 100. Fall 1998

DEPARTMENTS Letters Publisher's Note Community Grapevine Asking Communitarians Reviews Directory Update Classifieds Calendar Reach

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Political Activism

Political Activism in Community

Vicki Metcalf  From the Guest Editor.

Risking Jail, Creating Community

Catholic Worker communitarian Jeff Winder  recounts a massive demonstration against the School of Americas, and how the sense of community among activists strengthens and uplifts them.

• Activism in Catholic Worker Communities, by Bruce Triggs
• About the School of Americas

Agents of Goodwill

Peter Schweitzer and Lisa Wartinger  look at the early days and worldwide projects of Plenty, the Farm-originated "Hippie Peace Corps".

Waldos: Health Care as Politics in Ecuador

Lance Grindle, M.D.  Living communally and providing low-cost health care has become political activism in an Andean village.

Following the Lord...Into Chicago Politics

Jon Trott  How a Christian community and inner-city activists joined forces to help the poor in Chicago.

"Meta-Politics" at Bright Morning Star

Jonathan Betz-Zall  When is doing the dishes or raising children polictical work? When it frees up other people to engage in activism, asserts Jonathan Betz-Zall.

Organic Growing, Activism, & the Good Life

Steve Molnar  of Birdsfoot Farm observes that many forms of activism arise naturally from his community's values and sustainable lifestyle.

• Patriot Survivalists on an Idaho Mountain

"Pure Water Is More Precious Than Gold"

Okanagan Family member Whispering Pine  reports how rural community activists are working to stop a cyanide leach gold mine.

FEATURE

Driving Lessons COMMUNITIES FICTION

David Steinhardt  In community, notes David Steinhardt, one can be surprisingly lonely, yet find astonishingly rich connections in unexpected places.

COLUMNS

ECOVILLAGE JOURNAL - An Ecovillage on Erin's Isle

Starling Ray

MY TURN - Living My Politics

Ann Curry-Stevens & Timothy Curry-Stevens

COMMUNITY LIVING WORLDWIDE - Living with Spirit at Findhorn

Bill Metcalf

HISTORIC COMMUNITIES - Our Beliefs, Our Lives: Communitarian Activists in the Early 20th Century

Tim Miller

FEDERATION UPDATE - Walking My Talk

Tree Bressen

CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY - Learning About Community Living

Daniel Greenberg

PERIPATETIC COMMUNITARIAN - Compassion & Political Correctness

Geoph Kozeny

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