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February 13, 2012 Reblogged from mnome by growfoodraisehell

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lucypaw:

growfoodraisehell:

Occupy Austin Guerrilla Gardeners make one new public garden every week.  Some have been destroyed the city, others remain and are sprouting vegetables.  We have had run ins with park staff who are confounded by our activities and threaten us with police who never show up. 

We do this to make people rethink notions of food, of where it comes from, of who produces it.  We do this to make people rethink the use of space and the concept of property.  We do this to make people rethink the concept of labor versus employment.  We do this so you will do it to.

Brilliant.  This is working for the public good in public space.  I am a bit iffy about the use of the quote, though.

Question: who maintains this garden? You can’t just plant some seeds and expect everything to grow beautifully. Gardens take hours of work. Are they going around to those gardens they plant once a week and keeping them nice?

Also, ya, activists looooove to use native american quotes. Esp if they don’t have to acknowledge racial issues in the process. I am not from Austin and maybe they’re the most awesomely awesome anti-racist group around. But >.> that’d be like finding a $100 on my way to work. Unlikely.

First: We do return to these gardens and maintain them.  Also, we hope that the community will get involved and take responsibility for them.  The hope is that the idea catches, and people start making and maintaining their own gardens.

Second: As to the quote, some of our signs have quotes from the indigenous, some have quotes from other non-native writers and philosophers.  I fail to see how quoting an indigenous person is racist in this context.  I am not claiming to be indigenous.  I am not claiming to speak for them or their culture.  I am merely in agreement with the viewpoint stated, as I am fervently opposed to the dominant culture, and I want people to think about things in a new way.

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