"A future revolutionary movement worthy of its name will grasp the ancient conceptual roots of hierarchy and domination, such as emerged in the practices of early agricultural societies. It will incorporate a new ethics and politics of nature that overcomes instrumentalism and hierarchical thinking and institutions in every pernicious form possible. It will grasp the incompatibility of capitalism with the most profound values and goals of humanity. It will build on the achievements of democratic, socialist, and anarchist traditions. It will incorporate, feminist, LGBT, and indigenous struggles. It will repudiate ideologies and unequivocally reject alliances or association with the. It will merge human, animal, and earth liberation in a total liberation struggle against global capitalism and domination in of all kinds."
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