all progressive social movements share the same roots and are always bound together. it's very rare that any one movement is completely self-sustaining. the building of a toxic waste dump in the projects, for example: it's an environmental issue, for sure, but racism and classism both play major parts. those three movements need to work together to make right.

when these movements were founded, they were very narrowly defined because they needed public support and that's the easiest (and most organized) way to get a movement up and running.

the problem, now, of course, is now we're stuck with all these limitations and it's increasingly difficult to look at activism with common sense.

my theory, anyway. it's getting better.