Radical Ruralism

Radical Ruralism <p align="justify"><span class="style2">What is Radical Ruralism? </span></p> <p align="justify">It is a rural-based attempt to address the underlying "root" causes of the power imbalance between the periphery (rural areas) and the centre (large urban areas). Not only does it begin to unravel this relationship but it seeks to restructure our social institutions (e.g. family, school, work, local culture, etc.) in a way that better meets the needs and aspirations of rural town folk. </p> <p align="justify">"New Ruralism" refers to urbanites who move to rural areas bringing their urban lifestyles with them and thus transforming the rural landsape and culture by imposing their dominant urban/suburban values. By contrast, Radical Ruralism retains an authentical ruralism that maintains an historical connection with rural sensibilities and projects it forward into the future. </p> <p align="justify">Radical Ruralism is premised on the belief that we need to establish a "dual power" to urban power – state and corporate power. That is, we need to resist this ongoing concentration of power in any non-violent means possible and simultaneously create alternatives that incremently hollow out existing oppressive (urban dominated) social institutions. </p>