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Dear Readers,
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Congratulations! You have
begun the thought-provoking
journey which reading this 3 33 3
latest issue of C.A.L.L. is going From the SecretaryÊÊÊÊÊÊ's Desk
to expedite.
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We have packed in significant Sport in Community
amounts of news from
communities around the globe: 7 77 7
We have features from Italy,
Mexico, Germany, Norway, Israel and the USA, proving that Growing up in Community
the International Communes Desk (ICD) has it’s finger on
the pulse of intentional communities the world over. 8 88 8
Cooking in Community
I have always loved the quote “Never doubt that a small,
group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the 1
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world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has”. I’m A Summer we Would Like
inspired by these words and like to think that to Forget
anthropologist Margaret Mead was referring to us
communards and our attempts to affect the society around
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Kaleidoscope by Joel
What I deduce from this quote is that at a time when Dorkam
alienation and injustice reign supreme, a small minority can
light the way on the path to equality and co-operation. But 1
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if this is what we aspire to, surely we should be aiming to Camphill Solburg, Norway
be large, not small? If we grow, will we cease to be those
thoughtful and committed citizens Mead encourages us to 1 11 17 77 7
be?
Kibbutz Shorts
I believe that the intimacy engendered by a few people
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sharing their lives together can provide the basic building 200
block for a better society. But only within the wider context Socialistic Self-Help Group,
of a community of suchlike groups, which in turn exists Germany
within the context of a network or federation of such
communities. In this way, both ‘small’ and ‘large’ can be 2 22 21 11 1
present and we can retain our ability to influence those
around us. Urban Kibbutz Youth,
Haifa, Israel
In fact, the purpose of this publication is to create that
connection between the many communities worldwide. 2 22 22 22 2
Sharing ideas and inspiring one another will give us the Interview with novelist,
strength and support to continue in our mission. Amos Oz.

I’d like to sign off with another quote from Margaret Mead. 2 22 23 33 3
Once again, I interpret it as a call for communal living and
the pursuit of the basic building block of society which I Urupia Commune, Italy
referred to above: “Nobody has ever before asked the
nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. 2 22 24 44 4
With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible Telford Farm, USA
situation”.
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