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planning principles

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planning is political and needs to have a clear political orientation, operating under historical and dialectical materialist, decolonial, and abolitionist practices, political philosophies, and methods

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demilitarization, divestment, and abolition from police, prisons, ICE, detention, borders, and fossil fuels

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people and communities are experts and need to be involved in the decisions that affect and impact their lives

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end class and race hierarchy and professionalism; deprofessionalize

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move at the speed of trust and focus on building relationships and connections

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seek the end to colonial capitalism and uplift collective work, cooperativism, and community stewardship of institutions and land

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seek a true accounting of history against ongoing cultural genocide, expose injustice, and raise collective political consciousness

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promote Indigenous, Black, trans, and queer liberation, self-actualization, autonomy, and sovereignty from exploiters, profiteers, scammers, predatory actors, racists, white supremacists, capitalists, and their allies

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repatriate and rematriate Native land and protect our nonhuman neighbors

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landback

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embrace care for community, sufficiency, and autonomy, and unlearn the ideology of infinite growth

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develop a daily practice of self-critique, self-awareness, and critical analysis (read: the Socratic method and dialectics)

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don’t reinvent the wheel; build from existing models, templates, tools, and frameworks

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connect to existing community ecosystems and organize

references for the above principles: sabrina bazile, young lords party 13-point program and platform, black panther party 10-point program, one d.c., the red new deal, blackspace manifesto, sogorea te’ land trust, demystifying degrowth, Cheryl, Take Root Justice