The Transformation Party was purely symbolic in the sense of "party in the streets" which theoretically takes place when the stock market crashes.
Afterwards, the serious community organizing would take place.
"We are faced with a test of our intelligence and integrity. If we flunk this test we perish. If we pass and manage to reorganize our society into a healthy sustainable optimal way of life, the human race can enjoy this planet for eons to come."
Kathy Change
(This is archival material from Change's Transformation Party
Workshop)
I. We host a Theater Project for people of all ages from children to seniors. We are creating a film to deliver our message. We hold workshops at alternating locations.
II. We want referendums on various issues on the ballot. In order to determine what to work on, we conduct public opinion surveys.
III. We work with the system and outside of it, through it and transcending it. In the event that the government becomes unbearably fascist, we must be prepared to throw it off, replacing it with Self Government. We are spreading the "Love/Harmony Consciousness" now in preparation for transforming Crisis into Full Blown Aquarian Age.
IV. We need to work out everybody's racial hang ups.
V. We are leaderless and we are all leaders. We are tuning into the Spirit of Truth, not the ideas of one person.
IV. We encourage people to start their own transformation parties.
V. We are open to suggestions for good places to hold the workshops, and helpful survey questions, and other ideas.
Kathy Change
(Anita King, archivist, in memory of Kathy Change)
ANIMAL RIGHTS
WHERE SUFFERING ENDS
AND PEACE BEGINS
A Rosicrucian perspective:
"There can be no peace until we stop killing animals"
Photo: The foie gras industry's intolerable forced feeding of young ducks and geese causes untold suffering to these fragile intelligent birds. (from Mercy for Animals)
THE CRITICAL TIME IS NOW!
The Write-in Kathy Change for Any Elected Office Campaign!
Kathy Change has entered the electoral race as a write-in candidate for any available elected office. Her platform calls for a moratorium on all business as usual, cutting back to a basic economy in which all the people's needs are supplied to them as simply and equitably as possible, and convening a national conference to design a new society. the conference would be held in every community, and be connected throughout the nation on the web. All the people will be able to participate in determining the conference agenda and every other aspect of the conference down to it's final decisions on the shape of the new transformed society that will emerge from the conference.
Says Change, "A vote for me is a vote for global social transformation. Obviously our society is headed for the most dreadful disaster. Only a quick change of direction will save us. A vote for change is a vote for survival...and fun! The conference, getting to know your neighbors and discovering people power, will be the most fun this nation has had in its whole existence.
Does she expect to win the election? "Eventually, yes. I'm getting a late start this year, but I will run in all future elections, not only here, but everywhere, in every state of the union, and countries all around the world. Some day somewhere I'm going to win an election. But winning the election is not really the goal of my campaign. I just want to give voters an alternative to the standard menu of business as usual politicians, judges, and accountants. All politics in America finally boil down to elections. Elections are the only existing democratic ritual in America, and they are a media circus. So the Transformation Party intends to be a part of the action, and use this election energy to make its statement. My candidacy gives voters a chance to do something meaningful with their vote."
Kathy Change
1996
Dear Communications Media Worker,
I have put together this package for you because I wish to convey my thoughts to you. I think it is very strange that in our supposedly free society, to propose that we should make major changes in our political and economic system in order to save the world, our habitat, from being destroyed by war or pollution, is practically taboo and someone who raise these issues is viewed with as much wariness and aversion as if we were in Communist China.
Of course, people wishing for career advancement, success and prosperity do not dare challenge the Powers that Be because their hopes depend on the favor of those powers. But at this point we can see quite clearly on the wall. The Powers that be are moving us firmly and swiftly towards totalitarianism. I ask you, do you really want to be successful in a world where human rights are trampled, the planet is thoughtfully wasted and destroyed and legions upon legions of people are homeless or hungry? What we have now is not freedom, but at least we can talk about it. The United States government is a criminal organization, but it has one redeeming point. To transform it peacefully is entirely legal. We can assemble publicly, and we can talk in public broadcasts about changing our form of government. We can even start a legal organization to transform the government. We must take advantage of this most fortunate clause, because the United States could easily turn fascist, so we must rely upon it. We must use our freedom of speech while we still have it.
This is a great time to be alive. It is the pivotal moment that decides humanity's future. Shall we go to Hell or shall we ascend to the next level of social evolution? This the climax of human history on Earth. Contrary to government propaganda the threat of nuclear war is greater than ever as nuclear weapons are ever more accessible to terrorists. Now we are but a hair trigger away from total annihilation. Our survival instincts must kick into action and snap us into our senses. Saving our world requires peace and cooperation, good faith and conscientiousness. We will meet these requirements and rise to the occasion because the horror of the tragedy that will otherwise befall us if we continue in our present direction will wake us up, now that it's right in our faces. This is our last chance to free ourselves and save our world.
Now here you are, dear communications worker, sitting at the controls of the nerves of our society. Here you are, holding the reins of power. The news is whatever the media says it is. If the media says that the old government just ended and a new truly democratic self-government is being formed instead, then that becomes the operant reality. Media workers are the voices, hands and minds that dictate our reality. Thus far you have been transmitting the messages of your corporation, your establishment organization, and you have been the mouthpieces of the ruling elite, lending your mind and body to the task of maintaining the status quo. Thus far you have been making tactically correct moves, so that you are now perfectly positioned to liberate your station at the crucial deciding moment which is coming up now. Soon the economy will collapse. As you know, America relies on Japan and other foreign investors to prop up its dollar. We are a bankrupt nation. Much profit could be made from the collapse of the U.S. Economy. U.S. Land and industries will be up for sale at bargain prices for foreign capital. At this point Americans will lose control over their whole country and U.S. will become like a third world nation, with its starving and homeless population standing by watching its wealth being shipped abroad for the benefit of its foreign investors.
I am normally in favor of internationalization, but this is different. We must not sell our country out to international exploiters. We the people must take control of our land and resources and guarantee that the people's needs are met. We must stop evictions and foreclosures and make sure everybody is taken care of. We must keep the peace and prevent civil war and world war.
Assuming that you have not been entirely brainwashed by establishment doctrines; assuming that you are at heart a person who would like to see justice, health, happiness and freedom prevail, I believe that if you will just speak from your heart, you will be speaking and acting for me as well. For I believe that we may disagree on some particulars we all do connect with a collective and universal spirit that lives in each of us in the core of our hearts. At this very center of our beings we are all idealists. If we could all act from impulse; if we could all activate this spirit of community all at once we could lift off the oppressive system that is no more than a bad habit of mindless compliance.
Well, at this point, either I've struck a chord with you or I haven't. If I have I hope that you will take a moment to look over my platform and campaign statement and my novella, Millenium's Eve. In them I go into further detail about how we can make this transformation happen, ie. set up an emergency economy and truly democratic self-government. I'm sure you will find many points for disagreement, but I'm hoping that you'll agree with me on the main one, which is that peace and communication, reason and good will find solutions for all our problems, but in order to realize our ideals we must free ourselves from a government that is devoted to war and destruction and from an economic system that encourages people to be greedy, cruel, and thoughtless.
I am praying to you for the sake of our world and our future.
Sincerely,
Kathy Change
1996
"THE CRITICAL TIME IS NOW!"
Kathy Change Archive
Philadelphia, PA 19143
info@kathychange.com
